Japanese Conversation · Level 98
60 words
Japanese word
二階建て
Pronunciation
Romajinikaidate
Meaning
- nountwo-story building
Example
この家は二階建てです。ko no ie wa ni kai da te de su
This house is a two-story building.
More examples
来年、家を二階建てに建て替えます。rai nen ie o ni kai da te ni ta te ka e ma su
Next year, we will rebuild the house as a two-story building.
Core concept
Presents a building as having two usable levels, one directly above the other.
Common phrases
二階建て住宅ni kai da te jū taku
two-story house
二階建てに建て替えるni kai da te ni ta te ka e ru
rebuild as a two-story building
Definition in Japanese
一階の上に二階がある建物。ichi kai no ue ni ni kai ga a ru tate mono
Word origin
The compound 二階建て (nikaidate) uses 二階 (nikai, "second floor") and the suffix 建て (date, "built with a specified number of floors").
Usage tips
- Japanese real-estate descriptions often use 二階建て (nikaidate) when describing houses and other buildings with two floors.
Opposites
- 平屋hirayaone-story housenoun