階

Meaning

階 centers on layered levels in a structure: a storey of a building, a stair connecting levels, or counting floors. The idea is always about stacked horizontal divisions.

• 階かい
  N3

  storey; story; floor

• 段階だんかい
  N2

  stage; step; phase

• 階段かいだん
  N5

  stairs; stairway; staircase

• 階級かいきゅう
  N1

  (social) class

• 階層かいそう
  N1

  class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy

• 最上階さいじょうかい

  top floor

• 音階おんかい

  scale

• 階上かいじょう

  upper floor; upstairs

• 階下かいか

  lower floor; downstairs

• 地階ちかい

  basement; cellar

• 各階かくかい

  each floor

• 階数かいすう

  number of stairs or stories (storeys)

• 位階いかい

  court rank

• 一階いっかい
  N5

  first floor; ground floor

• 二階にかい
  N5

  second floor; upstairs

• 二階建てにかいだて
  N4

  two-storied building

• 現段階げんだんかい
  N2

  present stage; current phase

• 中産階級ちゅうさんかいきゅう

  middle class; bourgeoisie

• 階級闘争かいきゅうとうそう

  class struggle; class warfare; class conflict

• 中二階ちゅうにかい

  mezzanine floor

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