~階

~かい

~ floor, ~ story (of a building)

N5counter·kai

How to remember it

階 (level/stairs) counts building floors — same sound as 回 but for floors.

Example sentences

  • 図書館は三階にあります。

    としょかんはさんがいにあります。

    The library is on the third floor.

  • この建物は五階あります。

    このたてものはごかいあります。

    This building has five floors.

Usage

Note がい reading in 三階 (さんがい) and 何階 (なんがい); 一階 is いっかい.

Related words

一階地下階段

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