RomajiDesu localhost
だん dan

JMdict entry #1633690

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)counter step; stair; rung; (flight of) steps
  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)counter shelf; layer; tier
  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) grade; level; class
  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)counter dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank
  5. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) paragraph; passage
  6. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)counter column (of print)
  7. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)counter act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene
  8. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
  9. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) stage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation
  10. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) formal or literary term matter; occasion
  11. noun (common) (futsuumeishi) degree; extent
  12. counter counter for breaks in written language or speech

Kanji in this word

grade, steps, stairs

Example sentences

彼は並みの大学生より一段上だ。
kare ha nami no daigaku sei yori ichi dan ue da 。
He is a cut above the average college student.
彼は逃げるためにありとあらゆる手段を捜した。
kare ha nigeru tame ni ari to arayuru shudan wo sagashi ta 。
He looked for every possible means of escape.
彼は人生で成功するためにはどんな手段をも喜んで利用した。
kare ha jinsei de seikou suru tame ni ha don'na shudan wo mo yorokon de riyou shi ta 。
He was glad to avail himself of any means to succeed in life.
彼は商売で不正な手段を用いた。
kare ha shoubai de fusei na shudan wo mochii ta 。
He employed dishonest means in his business.
彼は周囲の人々より格段に優れているので、すぐには理解されないのである。
kare ha shuui no hitobito yori kakudan ni sugure te iru no de 、 sugu ni ha rikai sa re nai no de aru 。
He is too much superior to those about him to be quickly understood.
彼は自分の品物の値段を下げねばならなかった。
kare ha jibun no shinamono no nedan wo sage ne ba nara nakaxtsu ta 。
He had to reduce the price of his wares.

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