Illustration: A narrow three-floor Japanese apartment building stands beside a residential lane, its three balcony levels and connecting exterior stair flights clearly visible. On the pavement, a child raises three fingers while looking up toward a grandparent waving from the highest balcony.

JLPT N5counterLevel estimated by Bebop

階かい

kai

counter for building floors

Example sentences

私わたしの部屋へやは４階かいにあります。
My apartment is on the fourth floor.
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図書室としょしつは４階かいにあります。
The library is on the 4th floor.
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８階かいにあります。
It’s on the eighth floor.
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Kanji in 階

階storey; stairOnカイKunきざはし

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