階 | [かい, kai] (n, n-suf) (1) storey; story; floor; (n) (2) (See 階・きざはし・1) stairs; (n, n-suf) (3) stage (in chronostratigraphy); (ctr) (4) counter for storeys and floors of a building; (P) #1,097 [Add to Longdo] |
うぐいす張り;鶯張り;鴬張り | [うぐいすばり, uguisubari] (n) nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature) [Add to Longdo] |
シャワー効果 | [シャワーこうか, shawa-kouka] (n) (See 噴水効果) shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) [Add to Longdo] |
床掃除 | [ゆかそうじ, yukasouji] (n, vs) cleaning floors [Add to Longdo] |
数段 | [すうだん, suudan] (n) several (levels, floors) [Add to Longdo] |
虫籠窓 | [むしこまど, mushikomado] (n) (See 虫籠格子) window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses) [Add to Longdo] |