noun
top of stairs; end of moving walkway
Refers to the point where one steps off a flight of stairs or a moving walkway; the 'exit' end of such a structure.
エスカレーターの降り口で待っていてください。
Please wait at the end of the escalator.
階段の降り口はあちらです。
The top of the stairs is over there.
noun
exit door (bus, etc.); steps down (from vehicle)
Used for the exit door or the steps leading down from a bus, train, or similar vehicle. Often contrasted with 乗り口 (boarding point).
See also: 乗り口
バスの降り口は後ろにあります。
The exit door of the bus is at the back.
降り口に立たないでください。
Please do not stand at the exit steps.
Variant spelling using 下 instead of 降; both are used for 'descending'.
Abbreviated spelling without okurigana; less common.
Abbreviated spelling without okurigana; less common.
Refers to the boarding point or entrance of a vehicle, while 降り口 is the exit or alighting point.
Compound of 降り (ori, 'descending', from verb 降りる) + 口 (kuchi, 'mouth, opening'). The kanji 降り口 and 下り口 are both used, with 降 emphasizing 'alighting' and 下 emphasizing 'going down'.