Two-story house in Japanese: 二階建て

Definition

Definition in EnglishA house with two floors, one above the other, connected by a staircase inside.

Definition in Japanese一階と二階があって、中の階段でつながっている家。

子(こ)どもたちがそれぞれ二階(にかい)に自分(じぶん)の部屋(へや)を持(も)てるように、二階建(にかいだ)てを買(か)ったんだ。
We bought a two-story house so the kids could each have their own room upstairs.
姉(あね)は二階建(にかいだ)ての新居(しんきょ)がまだ工事中(こうじちゅう)なのに引(ひ)っ越(こ)しちゃって、何(なん)か月(げつ)もはしごで二階(にかい)に上(あ)がってたんだよ。
My sister moved in while her two-story house was still under construction, and for months the only way upstairs was a ladder.
二階建(にかいだ)てにしようって言(い)ったの誰(だれ)？今日(きょう)だけで洗濯物(せんたくもの)を抱(かか)えて四回(よんかい)も階段(かいだん)を上(あ)がったんだけど。
Whose idea was it to get a two-story house? I've lugged the laundry up those stairs four times today.