スキップフロア

noun

split-level floor plan

A floor plan where levels are staggered by half a story, creating split-level spaces within a building. Common in residential and architectural contexts.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from skip floor

• このマンションはスキップフロアを採さい用ようしていて、リビングと寝しん室しつに段だん差さがある。

  This apartment uses a split-level floor plan, so there is a step between the living room and the bedroom.