also: じょうせんば
boarding area for boats; embarkation point
Refers to the designated place where passengers board a boat or ferry, such as a pier, dock, or terminal.
The ferry boarding area is in that building over there.
Please buy a ticket at the embarkation point before boarding the boat.
A landing place or wharf where boats dock; often smaller and less formal than 乗船場.
Standard kanji spelling; the reading じょうせんじょう is the most common.
Alternate reading; じょうせんば is also used, but less common than じょうせんじょう.
Compound of 乗船 (じょうせん, 'boarding a ship') + 場 (じょう/ば, 'place'). The reading じょうせんじょう uses the on'yomi for both kanji, while じょうせんば uses a mixed reading with the kun'yomi for 場.