► 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:
- 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
- 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
- 上の階の足音がうるさい ⇨ The footsteps from the floor above are loud
- 下の階は商店だ ⇨ The floor below is a store
- 彼は膝が悪くて階段が登れない ⇨ He cannot walk up stairs because of bad knees
- 特権階級のみが利益を享受している ⇨ Only the privileged are enjoying the benefits
- 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
- 階級闘争 ⇨ Class conflict
- 社会階級 ⇨ Social hierarchy
- 軍隊の階級 ⇨ Military ranks
- 階段を登ると膝が痛む ⇨ My knee hurts when I climb stairs
- 建物の最上階 ⇨ The highest story of the building
- エレベーター点検整備中につき、階段を御利用下さい ⇨ The elevator is under maintenance, so please use the stairs
- 特権階級 ⇨ The privileged class
- 彼は階段を転げ落ちた ⇨ He tumbled down the stairs