Illustration: A straight outdoor staircase climbs between two landings at a modest Japanese apartment building. Its individual treads, vertical risers and continuous handrail are clearly visible.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

階かい段だん

kaidan

stairs

Example sentences

  1. その階段かいだんを上のぼってはいけません。

    You must not go up the stairs.

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  2. 誰だれかが階段かいだんを登のぼってくる。

    There’s somebody coming up the stairs.

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  3. なんて狭せまい階段かいだんなんだ！

    What narrow stairs!

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Kanji in 階段

  • 階storey; stairOnカイKunきざはし
  • 段step; gradeOnダン・タン

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