(かい) (n,n-suf) (1) storey; story; floor; (n) (2) (See 階・きざはし・1) stairs; (n,n-suf) (3) stage (in chronostratigraphy); (ctr) (4) counter for storeys and floors of a building; (P) [EDICT]
(きざはし;きだはし(ok);はし(階)(ok)) (n) (1) (はし refers to the stairs leading from a building to a garden) (See 階段) stairs; (2) (きざはし only) stairs at the front of a noh stage [EDICT]
(jiē, ㄐㄧㄝ) rank or step; stairs [CE-DICT]
建て
(だて) (suf) (1) indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building; (2) indicates denomination (after a currency) [EDICT]
() (prt) endorsing and questioning the preceding statement (sentence ending particle); lamenting reflections on the preceding statement (sentence ending particle) [EDICT]
() (prt) (1) although; when; and yet; despite this; in spite of; even though; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that; (2) while; (3) if only; I wish; (4) I tell you; you should do; (5) in order to; (P) [EDICT]
