N21422/1725

梯子はしご

rarely used kanji formusually written using kana alonenounnoun (generic)noun or participle taking the aux. verb するtransitive verbintransitive verb

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はしご

Meanings

ladder
stairs
going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)

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Example sentences

はしごを使つかって屋根やねに上のぼった。

I climbed up to the roof using a ladder.

はしごが古ふるくて危あぶないから、新あたらしいものを買かってください。

The ladder is old and dangerous, so please buy a new one.

昨夜さくやは友達ともだちと居酒屋いざかやをはしごした。

Last night I went bar-hopping with my friends.

はしごをかけなければ、あの高たかい棚たなには届とどかないだろう。

Without setting up a ladder, you probably won't be able to reach that high shelf.

彼かれらは新宿しんじゅくのバーを三軒さんけんはしごしたあげく、終電しゅうでんを逃のがしてしまったらしい。

It seems that after bar-hopping through three bars in Shinjuku, they ended up missing the last train.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)