段|だんdan[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. noun, counterstep; stair; rung; (flight of) steps
   彼かれは階段かいだんを一度いちどに三さん段だんずつかけあがった。↗

   He jumped up the steps three at a time.
2. noun, countershelf; layer; tier
3. noungrade; level; class
4. noun, counterdan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.); rank
5. nounparagraph; passage
6. noun, countercolumn (of print)
7. noun, counteract (in kabuki, joruri, etc.); section; scene
8. nounrow of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table)
9. nounstage (in a process); phase; occasion; time; moment; situation
10. nounmatter; occasionas ...の段
11. noundegree; extentas ...どころの段ではない, ...という段じゃない, etc.
12. countercounter for breaks in written language or speech

• SynonymステップNeutralLoanword for a bus or train running board, a dance step, or a figurative step in a process, as in 「次のステップ」.
• Synonym段落だんらくNeutralA paragraph of text, also figuratively a stopping point in some affair, as in 「一段落つく」; 「段」 itself also covers steps and tiers.
• Synonym踏み段ふみだんNeutralEach individual step of a staircase that you put your foot on; only for physical steps, never for layers, tiers or grades.
• RelatedパラグラフWrittenLoanword for a paragraph of text, used mostly in foreign-language study and writing instruction; a written-style term.

「段」 covers steps, layers and grades; for dividing text into paragraphs use 「段落」, and for running boards or steps in a process use 「ステップ」.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

1. （ダン）次々つぎつぎに高たかくなっている平面へいめん。
2. （ダン）上下じょうげに重かさなっているものの一ひとつ。
3. （ダン）武芸ぶげいなどの技量ぎりょうを表あらわす等級とうきゅう。
4. （ダン）長ながく続つづく物事ものごとの一区いちく切きり。
5. （ダン）物事ものごとの一いち局きょく面めん。