床ゆか

ゆ

か

Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

noun

floor

General term for the floor of a room or building.

床ゆかに座すわってテレビを見みる。

I sit on the floor and watch TV.

床ゆかをきれいに掃そう除じしてください。

Please clean the floor thoroughly.

2

noun

stage (for narrator and shamisen player)

Specific to traditional Japanese performing arts such as jōruri or naniwa-bushi, where the narrator and shamisen player perform on a slightly raised platform.

義ぎ太夫だゆう節ぶしでは、太夫たゆうと三味線しゃみせん弾ひきが床ゆかに上あがる。
In gidayū-bushi, the narrator and shamisen player go up onto the stage.

3

noun

dining platform built across a river

A traditional riverside dining platform, historically built over a river or stream, often associated with Kyoto's kawadoko dining culture.

京きょう都との夏なつには、川かわ床どこで食しょく事じを楽たのしむことができる。
In summer in Kyoto, you can enjoy a meal on a riverside dining platform.

Usage patterns

床ゆかに座すわるto sit on the floor
子こ供どもたちは床ゆかに座すわってテレビを見みていた。
The children were sitting on the floor watching TV.
床ゆかで食しょく事じをするto dine on the riverside platform
夏なつには鴨かも川がわの床ゆかで食しょく事じをする人ひとが多おおい。
In summer, many people dine on the platforms over the Kamo River.
床ゆかを掃そう除じするto clean/sweep the floor
毎まい朝あさ床ゆかを掃そう除じしている。
I clean the floor every morning.
床ゆかが抜ぬけるfor the floor to give way or collapse
古ふるい家いえの床ゆかが抜ぬけてしまった。
The floor of the old house collapsed.
床ゆかに敷しくto lay something (e.g. a mat or rug) on the floor
床ゆかにラグを敷しいて部屋へやを暖あたたかくした。
I laid a rug on the floor to warm up the room.

Kanji

床bed, counter for beds, floor
牀bed, couch, bench

Related words

フロア sense 1
床 is the general Japanese word for the floor surface of a room, while フロア is a loanword typically used for a building's storey or a dance floor.
フローリング
床 is the general word for 'floor' of any material, while フローリング specifically means wood-style flooring material.

Opposites

天てん井じょうN2sense 1
床 is the floor you stand on, while 天井 is the ceiling directly overhead, the opposite surface of a room.

Don't confuse with

床とこN1sense 1
The kanji 床 read as ゆか means 'floor', but the same kanji read as とこ means 'bed' (as in 床に入る, 'to go to bed'), so the reading changes the meaning entirely.
地じ面めんN1
床 refers to an indoor floor, whereas 地面 refers to outdoor ground or the earth's surface, so learners should not use them interchangeably.
床ゆか下した
床 means the floor surface itself, whereas 床下 specifically means the space underneath that floor.

Word family· 19

床ゆか下した
under the floor; space beneath the floor
床ゆか板いた
floorboard
床ゆか上うえ
on the floor; above floor level
高たか床ゆか
raised-floor building; elevated-floor structure

Written forms

床ゆかUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for 'floor' and related senses.
ゆかUsage2%
牀ゆかUsage<1%
Rare variant kanji; not commonly used in modern Japanese.

Etymology

The kanji 床 originally referred to a raised platform or bed, and by extension came to mean 'floor'. The reading ゆか is native Japanese, with uncertain earlier derivation.

床ゆかしい

admirable; charming; refined · nostalgic; evoking fond memories · curious; eager to know or experience

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床ゆか暖だん
underfloor heating
床ゆか本ほん
yukahon; floor book
床ゆか材ざい
flooring material; flooring
床ゆか面めん
floor surface; floor
上あげ床ゆか
raised floor
床ゆかドン
floor pin; pinning someone down by lying on them · floor banging; banging on the floor to quieten a neighbor
床ゆか掃そう除じ
floor cleaning; cleaning the floor
床ゆか暖だん房ぼう
floor heating; underfloor heating
床ゆか運うん動どう
floor exercises
床ゆか関かん数すう
floor function

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