階 建(かいだ)て

かいだて

noun, suffix

~-story building; -floor construction

1. ~-story building; building of ~ floors

A suffix-like noun indicating the number of floors in a building. Always preceded by a number: 二階建て (two-story), 三階建て (three-story), etc. Describes the construction of a building in terms of its floor count.

二(に)階建(かいだ)ての家(いえ)に住(す)んでいる。

I live in a two-story house.

このビルは十(じゅう)階建(かいだ)てだ。

This building is ten stories tall.

三(さん)階建(かいだ)てのマンションの二(に)階(かい)に引(ひ)っ越(こ)した。

I moved to the second floor of a three-story apartment building.

Always used with a number prefix: 一(いっ)階建(かいだ)て (one-story), 二(に)階建(かいだ)て (two-story), 三(さん)階建(かいだ)て (three-story), etc.

Common patterns

一(いっ)階建(かいだ)て: single-story
二(に)階建(かいだ)て: two-story
三(さん)階建(かいだ)て: three-story
何(なん)階建(かいだ)て: how many stories?

Similar words

階(かい): floor, story — the counter for floors in a building (三(さん)階(かい) = third floor)
建物(たてもの): building — general term for a structure

Related Words

Compare: 建物(たてもの) (building)

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Added 2026.6.14 6:22 · Revised 2026.9.2 13:02

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