段
Meanings
Noun
Counter
1. step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps
2. shelf; layer; tier
Noun
3. grade; level; class
Noun
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4. dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank
Noun
5. paragraph; passage
Noun
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6. column (of print)
7. act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene
Noun
8. row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
9. stage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation
10. matter; occasion (Formal, as ...の段)
11. degree; extent (as ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc.)
Counter
12. counter for breaks in written language or speech
Kanji used
Pitch accent
だん
Used in vocabulary
段違い
wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; a world apart; far better; of different heights; uneven
No-adjective
Examples3
彼
He jumped up the steps three at a time.
直径23m(下段)
It is a two level style round burial mound, 23m diameter (lower level), 18m (higher).
私
I ran upstairs two steps at a time.