九く段だん

noun

ninth dan

The highest or a very high rank in many Japanese martial arts and board games. Often used as a title or honorific.

• 彼かれは柔じゅう道どう九く段だんの達たつ人じんだ。

  He is a ninth-dan master of judo.

• 九く段だんの棋き士しが対たい局きょくする。

  A ninth-dan shogi player plays a match.