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entrance; entryway (esp. a school's, where shoes are changed)
The entrance area of a building—typically a school—where people go in and out and often change between outdoor shoes and indoor shoes. Also a boarding hatch on a ship or aircraft.
昇降口で靴を履き替える。
To change your shoes at the entrance.
生徒たちが昇降口に集まっている。
The students are gathering at the entrance.
昇降口の下駄箱に上履きをしまった。
I put my indoor shoes away in the shoe locker at the entrance.
Composed of 昇降 (going up and down, entering and exiting) + 口 (opening, gate). In everyday Japanese it most often means the shoe-changing entrance of a school.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 昇降口の下駄箱: the shoe lockers at the entrance
- 昇降口で待ち合わせる: to meet up at the entrance
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 玄関: entryway — of a home or building generally
- 出入口: entrance/exit — a plain word for any doorway