式しき台だい

noun

step in a Japanese entranceway

Refers to the raised wooden step or platform at the entrance of a traditional Japanese house, where shoes are removed before stepping up into the interior.

• 玄げん関かんの式しき台だいで靴くつを脱ぬいでください。

  Please take off your shoes at the step in the entranceway.

• 式しき台だいに座すわって靴くつを履はく。

  I sit on the step and put on my shoes.