階かい段だん
Meanings
Noun
1. stairs; stairway; staircase
Kanji used
floor (of a building)
step
Pitch accent
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いだん
Top 1300
Composed of
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
to go up the stairs; to climb the stairs
emergency staircase; fire escape
Examples (30 in total)
There are stairs.
I fell down the stairs.
We climbed the stairs.
What narrow stairs!
The toilet is behind the staircase.
He ran up the stairs.
A drunk man fell down the stairs.
The child tumbled down the stairs.
I slipped and fell down the stairs.
The teacher ran up the stairs.
Go up these stairs.
I wonder where these stairs connect to?
In case of fire, use the stairs.
Don't run down the stairs so noisily.
Tom ran quickly up the stairs.
Tom ran up the stairs, taking three steps at a time.
I heard him go down the stairs.
I fell down the stairs and hit my back very hard.
Even though I ran down the stairs, I couldn't catch the train.
There are two staircases in my house.
How many steps does this staircase have?
We have to use the stairs because the elevator is out of order.
Grandpa fell down the stairs and was seriously injured.
As the elevator is out of order, we must go down the stairs.
The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.
In an emergency, use the stairway, not the elevator.
She was seen to run up the stairs with tears in her eyes.
3 years ago, Tom fell down the stairs and broke his bones.
This elevator is out of order. Please use the stairs.
They lugged the refrigerator up the stairs.