五ご段だん

noun

godan verb; godan conjugation

Abbreviation of 五段動詞 or 五段活用. Used in grammar contexts to refer to the five-row verb class whose stems end in a consonant and inflect across all five kana rows.

See also: 五段動詞 · 五段活用 · 一段

• 「書かく」は五ご段だん活かつ用ようの動どう詞しです。

  "Kaku" is a godan-conjugation verb.

• 五ご段だん動どう詞しの活かつ用ようを覚おぼえるのは大たい変へんだ。

  Memorizing the conjugations of godan verbs is tough.

noun

fifth dan; 5th dan

Used in martial arts (judo, kendo, karate, etc.), board games (go, shogi), and other ranking systems to denote the fifth level of mastery.

• 彼かれは柔じゅう道どう五ご段だんの腕うで前まえだ。

  He holds a fifth dan in judo.

• 囲い碁ごで五ご段だんを取とるのは難むずかしい。

  It's difficult to achieve fifth dan in go.