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フロア (furoa) Japanese meaning: floor | Kotomora
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The fifth floor of this department store is the children's clothing section.
Usage patterns 〈 数すう 〉 階かい のフロア the floor on the Nth level of a building
The third floor of this building is used as offices.
フロアに 出で る to go out onto the (dance) floor
She went out onto the dance floor and started dancing.
〈 人ひと 〉 にフロアを 案あん 内ない する to show someone around the floor/venue area
The store clerk showed the customer around the sales floor.
Related words 階 is the native Japanese word/counter for a building's storey, while フロア is a borrowed word often used in business or casual contexts for the same idea.
床 refers to the physical floor surface you walk on, while フロア often names a designated area, like a dance floor or sales floor.
売り場 specifically means a sales counter or section in a store, while フロア can describe that whole area more broadly, as in 3階フロア.
フロア is a general word for a floor or open area, while ホール in the restaurant sense specifically means the customer seating area as opposed to the kitchen.
Written forms フロア Usage 90%
Standard katakana spelling; loanword from English 'floor'.
フロアー Usage 10%
Variant spelling with long vowel; less common than フロア.
Etymology Loanword from English 'floor', borrowed in the 20th century. The variant フロアー reflects an older or more emphatic transcription of the long vowel.
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