Second floor

Japanese: 二階 - にかい

〘 noun 〙① Something with two stories. ※Mido Kanpakuki - July 17, 1011 (8th year of Kanko) "The two-story comb box, inkstone box, fire starter, etc. _{were offered} ."② One of the indoor furnishings, with two shelves for storing daily necessities. A two-tiered cabinet. Also, there are distinctions between the one with a door and the one without, called a "chamber" and a "two-tiered cabinet." ※Tonbo (around 974) - "It was written and placed inside a cabinet."③ A house built with an additional layer on top of a single-story house, or the upper room. Also, the second-lowest floor of a building with three or more floors. ※Azuma Kagami - May 25, 1186 (2nd year of Bunji) "Enter _{the second} floor or the _upper floor of a private house."④ (━suru) Two stages. By extension, to be promoted by skipping one rank. ※Heike (early 13th century) vol. 11 "Even if it is a second floor, it is a great favor to the emperor, but this is already three floors." ⑤ In the early modern period, special buildings had the structure of ③. (a) In the case of a women's bath. The second floor is used as a play area for bathers. ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Koshoku Seisui-ki (1688), vol. 5 "When my sister went to the Izumi bath in the alley to take a bath, she was on the second floor. ( b ) In the case of a dressing room. In reality, it is the third floor, where the head troupe and other actors are located. ※Tangihon, Nemushigusa (1763-69), vol. 2 "The lightning of the welcoming lantern deceives the audience, and the thunder on the second floor makes one wonder if lightning is striking." (c) In the case of a brothel. It also refers to the prostitutes who have rooms there. ※Miscellaneous haiku and senryu reviews - Horeki 12 (1762) Umezo "It's a lie to say that it's coming from the second floor"

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 上・下の二層になっているもの。※御堂関白記‐寛弘八年（1011）七月一七日「二階櫛筥・硯筥・火取等奉_レ之」② 室内用の調度のひとつで、二層の棚を設け、日用品などを置くもの。棚の二段ある厨子。また、とびらのあるのを「厨子」、とびらのないのを「二階」と区別して呼ぶこともある。※蜻蛉（974頃）上「と書きつけて、にかいの中に置きたり」③ 平屋の上にさらに一層重ねて造った家屋、または、その上層の部屋。また、三層以上ある建築物で、下から二層目の階。※吾妻鏡‐文治二年（1186）五月二五日「入_二或民家二階之上_一」④ (━する) 二つの段階。転じて、位をひとつ跳び越えて昇進すること。※平家（１３Ｃ前）一一「越階とて二階をするこそありがたき朝恩なるに、是はすでに三階なり」⑤ 近世、特殊な建物で③の構造になっているもの。(イ) 湯女(ゆな)風呂の場合。二階が浴客の遊び場になっている。※浮世草子・好色盛衰記（1688）五「姉が小路の和泉風呂へ入相の比より行て〈略〉二階(カイ)にあかれば」(ロ) 楽屋の場合。実際は三階で、座頭はじめ立役その他のいる所。※談義本・根無草（1763‐69）後「迎の提灯烈欠(いなづま)を欺き、二階(ニカイ)のさはぎは雷の落るかと疑ふ」(ハ) 遊女屋の場合。そこに部屋を持っている遊女をもいう。※雑俳・川柳評万句合‐宝暦一二（1762）梅三「二階からまねくとはうそしがみ付き」

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