Keyword
floor (of a building)
Info
FrequencyTop 400-500
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1406
Readings
かい
(96%)
がい
(3%)
Composed of
small village
all
Used in vocabulary (209 in total)
stairs; stairway; staircase
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
second floor; upstairs
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
(social) class; rank; grade
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
second floor; upstairs
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
third floor
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
n-storied building
two-storied building
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
upper class; upper echelons of society; the rich and powerful; the elite
emergency staircase; fire escape
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
floor above; floor upstairs
court rank
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
two-storied building
preliminary step; first step
rank; order
second basement level; subbasement
stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)
under the staircase; understairs
upper floor (of a building)
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
basement; cellar
badge of rank; rank insignia
descending staircase
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage
experimental stage; experimental phase
class society; class-based society; hierarchical society
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
proletariat; lower classes
Nikai faction (of the Liberal Democratic Party); Shisuikai
ascending staircase
class system; caste system; hierarchical system
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
above-ground floor; ground floor
stairwell; stair hall; staircase
second basement level; subbasement
graded on N steps; scored out of N
two-storied building
floor below; floor downstairs
layered structure; layered system; stratification; hierarchical structure
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
two-storey house; two-story house
planning stage; planning stages
basement floor; underground floor
class struggle; class warfare; class conflict
testing stage; test step
two-storey house; two-story house
middle class; bourgeoisie
gradation; gradient
stone steps
second floor front room
upper classes; high society
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
ordination (esp. Catholic)
bottom floor; lowest floor
multistage; multi-step
salaried class; working class
fire escape (staircase); emergency stairs
classism; class discrimination
social class; social strata; social scale
the propertied class; bourgeoisie
difference
the fourth estate; the proletariat
full two-story house
the third estate; the bourgeoisie
multilayer; multilevel
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)
frustratingly difficult task; (lit.) (applying) eyedrops from the second floor; roundabout and inefficient way; something totally ineffective
stepless; continuous
staging (e.g. medical treatment); phasing
chest of drawers that also function as stairs
relative rank accorded the gods of Shintoism
court rank and honors; court rank and honours
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
floors at which an elevator stops
all stages; every level; entire sequence
rank (of a monk)
exploiting class; exploiting classes
seismic intensity scale
two-storied building
pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)
n-storied building
name of a note in a movable do solfège system
Okinawan scale (hemitonic pentatonic scale: do, mi, fa, so, ti)
sequence of differences
heptatonic scale; seven note scale; heptachord
height of a storey; floor height
stairs; rank; grade; guide; guidebook; slanted ladder (exercise equipment)
stairs; stairs at the front of a noh stage
chest of drawers that also function as stairs
chest of drawers that also function as stairs
anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)
hemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing semitones)
miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)
folk scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, so, la, ti, re)
ritsu scale (anhemitonic pentatonic scale primarily used in gagaku: re, mi, so, la, ti)
HARC; Hierarchical Storage Archive and Retrieve Controller
hierarchical tree structure
pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or a building in a classic aristocratic villa
analytic hierarchy process; AHP
first basement floor; first floor underground; lower ground floor
outdoor stairs; external stairway
space between floors of a building; space between stories
bowman's root (Veronicastrum sibiricum); Culver's root
Examples (200 in total)
What appeared in the darkness was a staircase.
There must surely be stairs here too.
There was a staircase there that seemed to lead down to the basement.