地階(ちかい)

ちかい
noun
basement floor; underground level
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1. basement floor; underground level
a floor of a building that is below ground level
食品(しょくひん)売(う)り場(ば)は地階(ちかい)にあります。
The food section is on the basement floor.
エレベーターで地階(ちかい)まで降(お)りてください。
Please take the elevator down to the basement floor.
このデパートの地階(ちかい)には有名(ゆうめい)な洋菓子(ようがし)店(てん)が何軒(なんけん)も入(はい)っている。
The basement floor of this department store has several well-known Western confectionery shops.

Composed of 地(ち) (ground/earth) and 階(かい) (floor/story). Refers to any underground floor of a building. In Japanese department stores, the 地階(ちかい) (often abbreviated as B1) is typically where the food hall (食品(しょくひん)売(う)り場(ば) or デパ地下(ちか)) is located.

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 地下(ちか): underground, basement — more general term, also used as a prefix (e.g., 地下鉄(ちかてつ))
  • 地下室(ちかしつ): basement room — a specific room underground, not a building floor
  • 階下(かいか): downstairs — relative term meaning the floor below, not necessarily underground

Related Words

Compare: 地下(ちか) (underground, basement)
Compare: 地下室(ちかしつ) (basement room)
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