In Japanese, the counter 階 is used to count the floors of a building. It has the same pronunciation and the same irregularities as the floor counter 回. The irregularities are shown in the table below.
Below are some examples sentences using the counter 階.
| My office is on the fifth floor. | 私 の オフィス は 五階 に あります。watashi no ofisu wa gokai ni arimasu. |
| Please go to the sixth floor by elevator. | エレベーター で 六階 に 行って ください。erebeetaa de rokkai ni itte kudasai. |
| The greengrocer is on the ground floor. | 八百屋 は 一階 に あります。yaoya wa ikkai ni arimasu. |
| There is an escalator up to the eighth floor. | 八階 まで エスカレーター が あります。hakkai made esukareetaa ga arimasu. |
| To what floor are you going? | 何階 に 行きます か？nankai ni ikimasu ka? |
