段
だん
Meanings
- Noun, Counter step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps
- shelf; layer; tier
- Noun grade; level; class
- Noun, Counter dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank
- Noun paragraph; passage
- Noun, Counter column (of print)
- act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene
- Noun row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
- stage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation
- matter; occasion (as ...の段)
- degree; extent (as ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc.)
- Counter counter for breaks in written language or speech
Kanji
- 段 step. Read as ダン.
Example sentences
- 私は一度に２段駆け上がった。
I ran upstairs two steps at a time. - 彼は階段を一度に三段ずつかけあがった。
He jumped up the steps three at a time. - 彼は２段飛ばしに階段を駆け上がった。
He jumped up the steps three at a time. - 彼は並みの大学生より一段上だ。
He is a cut above the average college student. - この階段は何段あるの？
How many steps does this staircase have?
Common phrases
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