建て

だて

Meanings

1. Suffix indicates storeys, structures, or materials used in a building
2. indicates denomination (after a currency)

Kanji

• 建 build. Read as だて.

Example sentences

• その建物は７階建てだ。
  The building is seven stories high.
• そのビルは２０階建てです。
  The building is twenty stories high.
• このビルは何階建てですか。
  How many floors does this building have?
• あのビルは何階建てですか。
  How many floors does that building have?
• ３０階建の超高層ビルが突然爆発炎上した。
  All of a sudden, the thirty-story skyscraper went up in flames.

Words containing 建て

• 平屋建て (ひらやだて) single-storied house
• 二階建て (にかいだて) two-storied building
• 戸建て (こだて) (separate) house

And 23 more.

Word lists

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