床(ゆか)

ゆか
noun
floor
1. floor
The lower horizontal surface of a room on which one stands or walks.
床(ゆか)に座(すわ)ってください。
Please sit on the floor.
床(ゆか)を掃除(そうじ)しなければならない。
I have to clean the floor.
床(ゆか)が滑(すべ)りやすいので気(き)をつけてください。
Please be careful as the floor is slippery.

床(ゆか) refers to the floor surface of a room — where you stand, walk, and sit.

KANJI READING:

The kanji 床(ゆか) has another reading とこ with different meanings:

  • 床(とこ)の間(ま): tokonoma (decorative alcove in a Japanese room)
  • 床(とこ)に就(つ)く: to go to bed
  • 床屋(とこや): barber shop

COMMON PATTERNS:

  • 床(ゆか)を掃(は)く: to sweep the floor
  • 床(ゆか)を拭(ふ)く: to wipe/mop the floor
  • 床(ゆか)に座(すわ)る: to sit on the floor
  • 床(ゆか)に落(お)ちる: to fall on the floor
  • 床(ゆか)暖房(だんぼう): floor heating

FLOOR TYPES:

  • フローリング: wooden flooring
  • 畳(たたみ): tatami mat flooring
  • タイル: tile flooring

RELATED ROOM PARTS:

  • 天井(てんじょう): ceiling
  • 壁(かべ): wall

Related Words

Antonym: 天井(てんじょう) (ceiling)
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Added 2026.1.13 1:04 · Revised 2026.4.13 11:39
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