THE WORD · N3
段
step; step
Noun · Counter
彼は三段跳びできっと新記録を樹立するだろう。
He's sure to break a new triple jump record.
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Parts of speech
Noun · Counter
The dictionary may associate several parts of speech with different meanings of the same word.
English dictionary meanings
- step
- stair
- rung
- (flight of) steps
- shelf
- layer
- tier
- grade
- level
- class
- dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
- rank
- paragraph
- passage
- column (of print)
- act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.)
- section
- scene
- row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
- stage (in a process)
- phase
- occasion
- time
- moment
- situation
- matter
- degree
- extent
- counter for breaks in written language or speech