► 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:
- 彼は三階から落ちたが軽傷を負っただけだった ⇨ He fell from the third floor but suffered only minor injuries
- 彼は十階から落下して死亡した ⇨ He fell from the 10th story and died
- 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
- 社会の階層 ⇨ Social strata
- 階級闘争 ⇨ A battle between social classes
- 軍隊の階級 ⇨ Military ranks
- 上の階の足音がうるさい ⇨ The footsteps from the floor above are loud
- 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
- 螺旋階段 ⇨ A spiral staircase
- 改革は段階を追って行われる ⇨ The restructuring will be done step by step, in multiple phases
- 未だ慌てる段階ではない ⇨ We’re not yet at a panic stage
- 階段を登ると膝が痛む ⇨ My knee hurts when I climb stairs
- 社会階級 ⇨ Social hierarchy
- 特権階級 ⇨ The privileged class
- うちのカレーには三段階の辛さがあります ⇨ Our curries come in three levels of spiciness