階
階
storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
12 strokesFrequency 513JLPT N2Grade 3
On
カイ
Kun
きざはし
Nanori
しなとはし
Dictionary
Common Words
1
stairs; stairway; staircase
Examples
その階段を上ってはいけません。
You must not go up the stairs.
1
stage; step; phase
Examples
病気はまだ初期の段階です。
The disease is still in the primary stage.
2
level; rank; grade; gradation
3
order
4
stairs
1
Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix
storey; story; floor
Examples
それはもう一つ下の階ですよ。
That's one level down.
2
Common noun
stairs
Examples
私の部屋は4階にあります。
My apartment is on the fourth floor.
3
Common noun; Noun, used as a suffix
stage (in chronostratigraphy)
4
Counter
counter for storeys and floors of a building
1
first floor; ground floor
Examples
1階席が欲しいのです。
I'd like seats on the first floor.
2
one floor; one storey
3
one rank
1
(social) class
Examples
彼は中流階級の出だ。
He comes from the middle class.
2
rank; grade
Examples
彼は2年前に、大佐の階級に昇進した。
He was raised to the rank of colonel two years ago.
1
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
Examples
階層問題に対する、消費社会論の著である。
It is a literary work confronting the class problem of a consumer society.
1
lower floor; downstairs
Examples
ディナーを食べに階下に行こう。
Let's go downstairs for dinner.
2
bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
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