二階
Meanings
1
second floor; upstairs
Refers to the second story of a building or the upstairs area. In Japanese floor counting, the ground floor is 一階, so 二階 is one floor above ground level.
My room is on the second floor.
I heard a loud noise from upstairs.
Usage patterns
- 〈場所〉に上がるto go up to (a place, e.g. the second floor)
I went up the stairs to the second floor.
- 〈場所〉から降りるto come down from (a place, e.g. the second floor)
The child came down from the second floor.
- 〈場所〉に住むto live on (a floor, e.g. the second floor)
We live on the second floor.
Expressions
- 二階から目薬frustratingly difficult task; roundabout and inefficient way · something totally ineffective