Lingaku階【かい】
Frequency rank: 851. – 852.
- storey; story; floor
- stairssee also 階【きざはし】
- stage (in chronostratigraphy)
- counter for storeys and floors of a building
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix
counter
Forms
- 階【かい】Frequency rank: 851. – 852.
- かいFrequency rank: 27,995. – 28,208.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- storey; story; floor
- stairs
- stage (in chronostratigraphy)
- counter for storeys and floors of a building
This meaning of 階 is used to refer to the levels or floors in a building.
This meaning of 階 is used to refer to a staircase or set of stairs.
Please go up the stairs and turn left.
In the context of chronostratigraphy, 階 refers to a specific stage in the geological time scale.
This meaning of 階 is used as a counter for counting the number of storeys or floors in a building.
Generated collocations (experimental)
かい階をのぼる上るto go up a floorかいだん階段staircaseかいそう階層hierarchyいちかい一階first floorにかい二階second floorさんかい三階だて建てthree-story buildingおくじょう屋上かい階rooftopえれべえたあエレベーターでかい階いどう移動するto move between floors by elevatorちかかい地下階basement floorかいすう階数number of storiesちゅうにかい中二階mezzanine floorかい階をおりる下りるto go down a floorかいそうこうぞう階層構造hierarchical structure
Example sentences
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An office building, with 22 stories above ground and 2 below, is under construction.
2. きごう「そうそう。せめてにかい２階にもふやして増やしてほしい欲しい・・・ってなんでおまえお前がここにいるきごう！きごう？きごう」きごう「なんでって、そんなんきまってる決まってるやんか。いっしょに一緒につれしょん連れションするためやきごう」
"I know, right? The least they could do is put one on the second floor, too...Wait a mo! Why are you following me!?" "The 'why' is pretty obvious, don't you think? We're going to the bathroom together."
She called down from upstairs to ask what the noise was about.
He caught my hand and pulled me to the second floor.