エスカレーター
えすかれーたー
noun
escalator
1.
escalator
A moving staircase for transporting people between floors.
エスカレーター is a loanword from English 'escalator' referring to a moving staircase.
COMMON EXPRESSIONS:
- エスカレーターに乗る: to get on the escalator
- エスカレーターで上がる: to go up by escalator
- エスカレーターで下りる: to go down by escalator
- エスカレーターを使う: to use the escalator
REGIONAL ETIQUETTE:
- 東京: stand on the left, walk on the right
- 大阪: stand on the right, walk on the left
- Recently, safety campaigns encourage standing on both sides without walking
RELATED WORDS:
- エレベーター: elevator
- 階段: stairs
- 動く歩道: moving walkway
VOCABULARY:
- 上りエスカレーター: up escalator
- 下りエスカレーター: down escalator
- エスカレーターの手すり: escalator handrail
NOTE:
In formal Japanese, the term is sometimes written as エスカレータ (without the final ー), but both forms are acceptable.