無む段だん

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

unranked; having no dan rank

Used in martial arts, go, shogi, and similar ranking systems to describe a practitioner who has not yet attained a dan (black-belt or equivalent) rank. Often contrasted with 有段者.

• 彼かれはまだ無む段だんだが、とても強つよい。

  He is still unranked, but he is very strong.

• 無む段だんの部ぶに出しゅつ場じょうする。

  I will compete in the unranked division.

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

stepless; continuous

Technical term for mechanisms or controls that operate without discrete steps, such as a continuously variable transmission (CVT) or a stepless volume control. Often used in engineering and product descriptions.

• この車くるまは無む段だん変へん速そく機きを搭とう載さいしている。

  This car is equipped with a continuously variable transmission.

• 無む段だん階かいの明あかるさ調ちょう節せつが可か能のうです。

  Stepless brightness adjustment is possible.