Illustration: A compact detached Japanese house has a ground-floor entrance and one upper floor beneath a simple roof. A parent stands at the open entrance holding a forgotten lunch bag upward. Directly above, a child leans safely over the upper balcony rail and lowers a small basket on a cord to collect it.

JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

二に階かい建だて

nikaidate

two-story building

Example sentences

  1. 私わたしの家いえは2階建かいだてです。

    My house is a two-story affair.

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  2. 私わたしは２階建かいだての家いえに住すんでいる。

    I live in a two story house.

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  3. 彼女かのじょは２階建かいだての家いえに住すんでいる。

    She lives in a two-story house.

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Kanji in 二階建

  • 二twoOnニ・ジKunふた・ふたつ・ふたたび
  • 階storey; stairOnカイKunきざはし
  • 建buildOnケン・コンKunたてる・たて・たつ

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