床
Meanings
General term for the floor of a room or building.
I sit on the floor and watch TV.
Please clean the floor thoroughly.
stage (for narrator and shamisen player)
Specific to traditional Japanese performing arts such as jōruri or naniwa-bushi, where the narrator and shamisen player perform on a slightly raised platform.
In gidayū-bushi, the narrator and shamisen player go up onto the stage.
dining platform built across a river
A traditional riverside dining platform, historically built over a river or stream, often associated with Kyoto's kawadoko dining culture.
In summer in Kyoto, you can enjoy a meal on a riverside dining platform.
Usage patterns
- 床に座るto sit on the floor
The children were sitting on the floor watching TV.
- 床で食事をするto dine on the riverside platform
In summer, many people dine on the platforms over the Kamo River.
- 床を掃除するto clean/sweep the floor
I clean the floor every morning.
- 床が抜けるfor the floor to give way or collapse
The floor of the old house collapsed.
- 床に敷くto lay something (e.g. a mat or rug) on the floor
I laid a rug on the floor to warm up the room.