かい
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. storey; story; floor
Noun
2. stairs
Noun
Suffix
3. stage (in chronostratigraphy)
Counter
4. counter for storeys and floors of a building
Pitch accent
Used in vocabulary (42 in total)
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
lower floor
stairs; stairway; staircase
second floor; upstairs
class; level; stratum; layer; hierarchy
(social) class; rank; grade
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
floor below; floor downstairs
third floor
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
n-storied building
court rank
floor above; floor upstairs
rank; order
upper floor; upstairs; top of the stairs
preliminary step; first step
what floor?
basement; cellar
each floor
upper floor (of a building)
number of stairs or stories (storeys); rank; order
mezzanine floor
upper floor (of a high-rise building)
factorial
above-ground floor; ground floor
basement floor; underground floor
gradation; gradient
difference
bottom floor; lowest floor
chromatic scale
multistage; multi-step
first system to rank officials into 12 levels (603 CE)
relative rank accorded the gods of Shintoism
diatonic scale
minor scale
all stages; every level; entire sequence
name of a note in a movable do solfège system
rank (of a monk)
height of a storey; floor height
Examples (24 in total)
This elevator does not go above the sixth floor.
We live on the third floor.
It's on the eighth floor.