noun
two-storied pagoda
A specific style of Japanese pagoda with a square base, a pent roof (裳階), and a round upper section. Used in Buddhist temple architecture.
See also: 裳階
この寺の多宝塔は国宝に指定されている。
The two-storied pagoda of this temple is designated a national treasure.
裳階 is the pent roof (skirt-like eave) that is a distinctive feature of a 多宝塔, not the pagoda itself.
Compound of 多宝 (tabō, 'many treasures', a reference to the Prabhūtaratna Buddha) and 塔 (tō, 'pagoda'). The term originates from Buddhist architecture.