だん

段

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), counter

    step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps

    • 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.

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), counter

    shelf, layer, tier

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    grade, level, class

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), counter

    dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank

  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    paragraph, passage

  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), counter

    column (of print)

  7. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), counter

    act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene

  8. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)

  9. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation

  10. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    matter, occasion
    as ...の段
    formal or literary term

  11. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    degree, extent
    as ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc.

  12. counter

    counter for breaks in written language or speech