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段 だん N3

  1. (flight of) steps; rung; stair; step
  2. layer; shelf; tier
  3. class; grade; level
  4. dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank
  5. paragraph; passage
  6. column (of print)
  7. act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); scene; section
  8. row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
  9. moment; occasion; phase; situation; stage (in a process); time
  10. matter; occasion
  11. degree; extent
  12. counter for breaks in written language or speech

段々 だんだん N5

  1. by degrees; gradually; increasingly; little by little; more and more
  2. staircase; stairs; steps; terrace

段階 だんかい N2

  1. phase; stage; step
  2. gradation; grade; level; rank
  3. order
  4. stairs

段ボール だんボール

  1. (corrugated) cardboard

段取り だんどり

  1. arrangements; plans; program; programme

段落 だんらく

  1. paragraph
  2. conclusion; end; stopping place

段々畑 だんだんばたけ

  1. terraced farm; terraced fields

段だら だんだら

  1. (with) broad horizontal stripes of different colors
  2. unevenness

段を取る だんをとる

  1. to get a black belt; to obtain a degree (in judo)

段シフト だんシフト

  1. case shift
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