段

Meaning

段 centers on a series of levels or divisions: steps in a staircase, grades in a ranking, or stages in a process.

• 普段ふだん
  N3

  usual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary

• 値段ねだん
  N4

  price; cost

• 段階だんかい
  N2

  stage; step; phase

• 手段しゅだん
  N3

  means; way; measure

• 段だん
  N3

  step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps

• 階段かいだん
  N5

  stairs; stairway; staircase

• 段々だんだん
  N5

  gradually; by degrees; little by little; more and more; increasingly

• 段ボールだんボール
  N2

  (corrugated) cardboard

• 格段かくだん

  dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; noticeable

• 段差だんさ

  difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.)

• 下段げだん

  lower tier; lower step; lower column; lower berth; bottom shelf

• 上段じょうだん

  upper tier; upper section; upper deck; upper row; upper step; upper grade; upper berth; top shelf

• 段取りだんどり
  N1

  programme; program; plans; arrangements

• 段落だんらく
  N2

  paragraph

• 一段いちだん
  N2

  even more; still more; much more; further

• 一段落いちだんらく
  N1

  reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work)

• 段位だんい

  dan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.); advanced rank; grade of black belt

• 特段とくだん

  exceptional; unusual; special

• 段違いだんちがい

  wildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; a world apart; far better

• 中段ちゅうだん

  half-way up a slope or stairway; landing

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