Landing
Plateau, Dance Floor, Dance Hall
noun
While a dance location can be a location in which you dance, this word actually means landing (as in, a landing between two flights of stairs on a staircase) or plateau (as in, for example, a plateauing economy) most of the time.
While the meaning has changed over time to mostly refer to landings on staircases, it can still be used to mean dance hall or dance floor, although loanwords like ダンスホール are more commonly used these days.
You know all the readings for this vocab already, just make sure to use the kun'yomi ones!
階段の踊り場
staircase landing
途中の踊り場
midway landing
スロープの踊り場
slope landing
踊り場にある
to be located at the landing
踊り場に来る
to come to the landing
踊り場に設置する
to install at the landing
踊り場に差しかかる
to approach the plateau
踊り場で足を止める
to stop at the landing
踊り場で立ち止まる
to stop at the landing
踊り場で待つ
to wait at the landing
クリスなら、さっき階段の踊り場ですれ違ったよ。
If you’re looking for Chris, we just passed each other on the stair landing.
今の局面は、景気の踊り場と言えるでしょうね。
The current situation could be likened to a plateau in the economy, I suppose.