踊り場

踊り場

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

• Kun’yomi
• (Tokyo) おどりば [òdóríbá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
• IPA^(key): [o̞do̞ɾʲiba̠]

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. 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN