格段|かくだんkakudan[0]heiban (flat)

1. no-adjective, na-adjectivedramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; noticeable
   それは以前いぜんに比くらべて格段かくだんに進歩しんぽした。↗

   It has greatly improved compared with what it was.
2. no-adjective, na-adjective(far) better; exceptional

• Synonym格別かくべつWrittenIn written/formal prose: special, unlike the ordinary (「格別の味」「格別の事情」), and often especially good; 「格段」 stresses a big gap in degree, as in 「格段に良くなる」.
• Synonym一段いちだんNeutralNeutral adverb: one level further, as in 「一段と寒くなる」. The gap expressed by 「格段」 is larger.
• SynonymとびきりCasualColloquial: the best of its kind, outstanding (「飛び切りの笑顔」). 「格段」 instead stresses a large gap in degree.
• Related特別とくべつNeutralNeutral and the most widely used: special in the sense of differing from the general. 「格段」 instead stresses a large gap in degree.
• RelatedとりわけWrittenIn written/formal prose: an adverb meaning especially, particularly. 「格段」 instead stresses a large gap in degree.
• Related特にとくにNeutralNeutral adverb: especially, in particular (「特に好き」). 「格段」 instead stresses a large gap in degree.
• Related別にべつにCasualColloquial adverb: with a negative it means 'not particularly' (「別に問題ない」). 「格段」 instead stresses a large gap in degree.
• Related至極しごくWrittenIn written/formal prose: extremely, to the utmost (「至極当然」) — degree at its peak. 「格段」 expresses a large gap from a comparison point, so it needs a reference.
• Related殊にことにWrittenIn written/formal prose: an adverb meaning especially, particularly. 「格段」 instead stresses a large gap in degree.
• Related人一倍ひといちばいNeutralNeutral adverb: much more than other people, beyond the ordinary (「人一倍努力する」); the reference is the average person. 「格段」 works for a marked gap between any two things.
• RelatedひときわWrittenIn written/formal prose: an adverb for standing out conspicuously from one's surroundings (「一際目立つ」). 「格段」 stresses the gap, whether over time or between two things.
• Related別してべっしてWrittenIn written/formal prose: an adverb meaning especially, with an old-fashioned air. 「格段」 instead stresses a large gap in degree.
• RelatedひとしおWrittenIn written/formal prose: an adverb meaning still more, often with feeling (「喜びも一入」). 「格段」 stresses the gap more objectively.

Use 「格段」 for a dramatic gap versus before or others, as in 「格段に進歩する」「格段の差」. For exceptional specialness pick 「格別」, for one more step 「一段と」, for standing out 「一際」, for outdoing others 「人一倍」.

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1. 程度ていどの違ちがいが激はげしいこと。
2. 通常つうじょうと比くらべて大おおきく異ことなること。格別かくべつ。破格はかく。特別とくべつ。