踊り場

Japanese

Kanji in this term
おど
Grade: S

Grade: 2
kun'yomi

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) どりば [òdóríbá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [o̞do̞ɾʲiba̠]

Noun

(おど)() • (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