踊り場

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
踊 場
おど
Grade: S 		ば
Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 踊り (odori, “dancing”, stem of verb 踊る (​odoru), “to dance”) +‎ 場 (ba, “place”).

Pronunciation

Noun

踊(おど)り場(ば) • (odoriba) 

  1. an area for dancing
  2. a landing (an in-between platform such as that of a staircase)

References

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
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