JLPT N5 · Noun

階段 (kaidan)

階段 (かいだん, kaidan) is a Japanese noun meaning “stairs; stairway”. It appears in JLPT N5 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: かいだん
Romaji: kaidan
Word class: Noun
Level: JLPT N5 (unofficial)

Meaning

stairs; stairway; staircase · noun

Example sentences

その階段を上ってはいけません。

You must not go up the stairs.

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Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 階段

階

storey, stair, counter for storeys of a buildingカイ・きざはし · 12 strokes

段

grade, steps, stairsダン・タン · 9 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 階段.

階かいstorey段階だんかいstage階級かいきゅう(social) class階層かいそうclass段々だんだんgradually値段ねだんprice段だんstep手段しゅだんmeans普段ふだんusual

Source: JMdict entry 1203090 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.