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二階建て (にかいだて, nikaidate) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

二に階かい建だて

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Common word›JLPTN4›

Meanings

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two-story building

Refers to a building with two floors above ground. Often used in compound nouns like 二階建ての家 (two-story house) or 二階建てバス (double-decker bus).

See also: 階建て

このあたりには二に階かい建だての家いえが多おおい。

There are many two-story houses in this area.

二に階かい建だてバスに乗のって観かん光こうした。

We went sightseeing on a double-decker bus.

Usage patterns

〈場ば所しょ〉は二に階かい建だてだa building is two stories high
この学がっ校こうは二に階かい建だてです。
This school is a two-story building.
〈場ば所しょ〉を二に階かい建だてに改かい築ちくするto rebuild/renovate a place into a two-story structure
古ふるい平ひら屋やを二に階かい建だてに改かい築ちくした。
They rebuilt the old single-story house into a two-story one.

Kanji

二two, two radical (no. 7)
階storey, stair, counter for storeys of a building
建build

Related words

階かい建だて
A suffix meaning '-story building'; 二階建て is a specific instance with the number 二 (two).
平ひら屋や
A single-story house; contrasts with 二階建て which has two floors.

Opposites

平ひら屋や
二階建て describes a building with two floors, while 平屋 is a single-story house with no upper floor.

Counted with

棟むね
ridge of a roof · back of a sword · counter for buildings

Word family

二に階かい建だてバス
double-decker bus

Built from

二に階かい+建たてる

Written forms

二に階かい建だて
Standard kanji spelling with okurigana; the most common written form.
二に階かい建だて
Abbreviated spelling without okurigana, often seen in signs or compact contexts.
２に階かい建だて
Variant using Arabic numeral 2; common in real estate listings and casual writing.
２に階かい建だて
Abbreviated numeral variant without okurigana.

Etymology

Compound of 二 (two), 階 (floor/storey), and 建て (suffix meaning 'built' or 'construction'). The reading にかいだて is a straightforward combination of the on'yomi of 二 and 階 plus the kun'yomi of 建て.