階段

• 読み: かいだん
• ローマ字: kaidan
• 漢字の分解: 階 (kai) — floor, storey; 段 (dan/tan) — step, grade, level
• 発音: /ka.i.da.ɴ/

意味

Stairs; stairway; staircase. A set of steps for going between floors.

A common noun in buildings and daily navigation. Key phrases: 階段を上る (go up stairs), 階段を下りる (go down stairs), 階段を使う (use the stairs). Note: be careful not to confuse with 怪談 (kaidan — ghost story), which has the same pronunciation but different kanji and meaning.

例文

1. 三階まで階段で上りました。
2. 階段の近くにエレベーターがあります。
3. この階段は少し急です。

使い方ガイド

場面: buildings, daily life, navigation

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

Composed of 階 (floor/storey) and 段 (step/grade). Together they literally describe 'floor steps' — a structure of steps connecting different levels of a building.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal