landing

着陸

航空機が降りて地面に接すること。

やさしい英語で： The moment when an aircraft comes down onto the ground.

• The landing was smooth.
• Our pilot made an emergency landing.
• Heavy rain delayed the plane’s landing.

類義語： touchdown

反対語： takeoff

よく使う表現： smooth landing, emergency landing, aircraft landing, soft landing

踊り場

階段の上端や途中にある平らな場所。

やさしい英語で： A flat area at the top of stairs or between two sets of stairs.

• Rest on the landing.
• A small window lights the top landing.
• We stopped at each landing while carrying the heavy boxes upstairs.

よく使う表現： stair landing, top landing, on the landing

廊下

通常、上の階の階段近くにある、部屋の前の通路。

やさしい英語で： A passage outside rooms, usually on an upper floor near the stairs.

• Her room opens onto the landing.
• We met on the upstairs landing.
• The bedrooms share a narrow landing with a window.

類義語： hall, corridor

よく使う表現： upstairs landing, landing door, on the landing

船着き場

人や荷物を乗せ降ろしするために船が止まる水辺の場所。

やさしい英語で： A place beside water where boats stop so people or goods can get on or off.

• The boat reached the landing.
• Passengers waited at the ferry landing.
• They carried the supplies from the landing to the village.

類義語： dock, jetty

よく使う表現： boat landing, ferry landing, river landing