床・牀|ゆかyuka[0]heiban (flat)
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Which spelling to use
床床 is the most common written form for this word and is the form learners will generally encounter for both “floor” and “stage.”
牀牀 is a less common kanji variant of 床. It can denote a floor or stage, but it is not the usual choice for learners.
Definitions
- nounfloor床の上に何がありますか。↗Is there anything on the floor?
- nounstage (for the narrator and the shamisen player)
- noundining platform built across a river
Synonyms & antonyms
- SynonymフロアNeutralA loanword for a floor of a building, a dance floor or a shop floor, as in 「ダンスフロア」; 「床」 is the surface underfoot in a room.
- Antonym天井てんじょうNeutralThe ceiling above a room, the opposite of 「床」 in the up–down sense; figuratively it can also mean a price ceiling.
Use 「床」 for the surface underfoot in a room, 「フロア」 for a storey, dance floor or sales floor, and 「天井」 for the ceiling overhead or a price ceiling.
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