梯 子(はしご)

はしご

noun

ladder, stepladder

1. ladder, stepladder

A device with rungs or steps used for climbing up or down.

I climbed onto the roof using a ladder.

The firefighters headed to the rescue in a ladder truck.

I leaned the ladder against the wall.

A ladder reaches higher places than a stepladder.

I fell from the ladder and got injured.

The ladder was pulled out from under me.

2. bar-hopping, going from place to place

The practice of visiting multiple bars, restaurants, or other establishments in succession (used in the expression はしご酒(はしござけ)).

Last night I went bar-hopping with friends.

梯子(はしご)酒(ざけ) = bar-hopping (literally 'ladder drinking')

We went from izakaya to izakaya.

I went from ramen shop to ramen shop.

I hopped from café to café.

梯子(はしご) refers to ladders of various types. The kanji 梯子(はしご) is often written in hiragana.

Common expressions:

Idiomatic expression:

梯子(はしご)を外(はず)す (to pull the ladder out from under someone - to withdraw support after leading someone on)

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