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    3. 段

    段

    段だん

    step

    N3KMT6News #13+1Core ConceptsSports & Martial ArtsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    だん

    Noun, Counter

    1.
    step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps
    2.
    shelf, layer, tier

    Noun

    3.
    grade, level, class

    Noun, Counter

    4.
    dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank

    Noun

    5.
    paragraph, passage

    Noun, Counter

    6.
    column (of print)
    7.
    act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene

    Noun

    8.
    row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
    9.
    stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation
    10.
    matter, occasion
    formal or literary term
    11.
    degree, extent

    Counter

    12.
    counter for breaks in written language or speech

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    階かい段だんを一いち段だんずつ上あがる。

    I go up the stairs one step at a time.

    KMT4Daily LifeCore Concepts
    彼かれは柔じゅう道どうで三さん段だんの腕うで前まえを持もっている。

    He has a third-dan skill level in judo.

    KMT6Sports & Martial ArtsCore Concepts
    囲い碁ごのプロ棋き士しは、最さい高こうで九きゅう段だんまで昇しょう段だんできる。

    Professional Go players can be promoted up to ninth dan at the highest.

    KMT6Sports & Martial ArtsGames
    この文ぶん章しょうは三みっつの段だん落らくに分わかれています。

    This text is divided into three paragraphs.

    KMT6Core ConceptsEducation
    このプロジェクトは最さい終しゅう段だん階かいに入はいり、成せい功こうまであと一いっ歩ぽだ。

    This project has entered its final stage, and success is just one step away.

    KMT7Work & CareerCore Concepts

    Kanji that make up this word

    段
    grade・steps・stairs
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