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二階 (にかい, nikai) Japanese meaning: second floor | Kotomora
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My room is on the second floor.
I heard a loud noise from upstairs.
Usage patterns 〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 上あ がる to go up to (a place, e.g. the second floor)
I went up the stairs to the second floor.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 から 降お りる to come down from (a place, e.g. the second floor)
The child came down from the second floor.
〈 場ば 所しょ 〉 に 住す む to live on (a floor, e.g. the second floor)
We live on the second floor.
Expressions 二に 階かい から 目め 薬ぐすり frustratingly difficult task; roundabout and inefficient way · something totally ineffective Kanji 二 two, two radical (no. 7) 階 storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building Written forms 二に 階かい Usage 100%
Standard kanji spelling; high priority.
２に 階かい
Numerical variant, common in signs and informal writing.
Etymology Compound of 二 (two) and 階 (floor, storey). The reading にかい follows standard on'yomi for both characters.
twelve level cap and rank system
