► 名詞
階 [(1)かい] meaning: floor rank: 2
☆ 彼の部屋は上の階だ ⇨ His room is on the floor above (☛ The concept of 階 is actually a level or strata, not a floor, so 一階 is the ground floor, 二階 is 1st floor in the European convention)
☆ 私の部屋は十階にある ⇨ My room is on 10th floor (☛ The concept of 階 is actually a level or strata, not a floor, so 一階 is the ground floor, 二階 is 1st floor in the European convention)
More examples:
- 建物の最上階 ⇨ The highest story of the building
- 彼は階段をフーフー言いながら上がっていった ⇨ He walked up the stairs huffing and puffing
- 工事は仕上げの段階だ ⇨ The construction is at the finishing stage
- 上の階の足音がうるさい ⇨ The footsteps from the floor above are loud
- うちの猫が三階から落ちたが全然平気だった ⇨ My cat fell from the third floor but was perfectly fine
- 未だ慌てる段階ではない ⇨ We’re not yet at a panic stage
- 彼は三階級の王座を手中にした ⇨ He has won championships in three weight classes
- 彼は四階から落ちた子供を抱き止めた ⇨ He caught a children in his arms who fell from the fourth floor
- 彼等はウランを兵器段階まで濃縮することに成功した ⇨ They have succeeded to enrich uranium to the weapon grade
- 階段を登ると膝が痛む ⇨ My knee hurts when I climb stairs
- 長い階段を登ったら息が上がった ⇨ I got out of breath when I walked up a long stairway
- 彼は同じ建物の二階から五階に転居した ⇨ He moved from a room on 2nd to 5th floors in the same building
- 上の階の足音が響く ⇨ The footsteps upstairs resound, are very loud
- 新システムを段階的に導入する予定です ⇨ We plan to introduce the new system in stages, gradually
- 計画は実行段階に移った ⇨ The project has moved onto an execution stage