階かい
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Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. storey; story; floor
Noun
2. stairs
Noun
Suffix
3. stage (in chronostratigraphy)
Counter
4. counter for storeys and floors of a building
Kanji used
Pitch accent
かい
Used in vocabulary
上じょう層そう階かい
upper floor (of a building)
Noun
多た段だん階かい
multistage; multi-step
Noun
半はん音おん階かい
chromatic scale
Noun
階かい建だて
n-storied building
Suffix
前ぜん段だん階かい
preliminary step; first step
Noun
冠かん位い十じゅう二に階かい
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)
Noun
最さい下か階かい
bottom floor; lowest floor
Noun
地ち上じょう階かい
above-ground floor; ground floor
Noun
地ち下か階かい
basement floor; underground floor
Noun
高こう層そう階かい
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
Noun
階かい差さ数すう列れつ
sequence of differences
Noun
Examples55
That's one level down.
My apartment is on the fourth floor.
I live on the bottom floor.
My office is on the fifth floor.
How many rooms are there on the second floor of your house?
The toilet is upstairs.