エスカレーター
also: エスカレータ
Meanings
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escalator
Standard loanword for a moving staircase, used in everyday Japanese.
The station escalator is always crowded.
Usage patterns
- エスカレーターに乗るto get on an escalator
I took the escalator to the third floor at the department store.
- エスカレーターを降りるto get off an escalator
Please be careful when getting off the escalator.
- 〈場所〉にエスカレーターがあるthere is an escalator at 〈place〉
There is an escalator at this station.