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段落 (だんらく, danraku) Japanese meaning: paragraph | Kotomora
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Please summarize the main point of this paragraph.
The report is divided into three paragraphs.
Usage patterns 段だん 落らく を 分わ ける to break (a text) into paragraphs
I wrote the essay divided into three paragraphs.
段だん 落らく がつく for a matter to reach a stopping point or conclusion
Work has finally reached a good stopping point.
段だん 落らく を 変か える to start a new paragraph
Please start a new paragraph where the topic changes.
Expressions 一いち 段だん 落らく つける settle for the time being; complete the first stage Related words 文 is a single sentence, while 段落 is a paragraph made up of several sentences on one topic.
章 is a chapter, a larger structural unit than a 段落, which is just one paragraph within it.
段落 specifically means a paragraph of text, while 節 is broader and can denote any section, chapter, or passage of a work.
段落 refers specifically to a paragraph in prose, while 一節 can be a paragraph, stanza, or musical section depending on context.
段落 specifically means a paragraph as a structural unit of writing, while くだり loosely refers to any passage or section without implying a formal paragraph break.
Don't confuse with 改行 is the action or mark that starts a new line, while 段落 is the resulting block of text (a paragraph), so they overlap in meaning but refer to different things.
段落 simply means 'a paragraph' in writing, while 一段落 usually means reaching a temporary pause or stage in a task rather than counting paragraphs.
Etymology From 段 (step, grade) and 落 (drop, fall), originally referring to a break or pause in a sequence, later extended to a paragraph as a textual unit.
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