Illustration: At the short staircase inside a Japanese home, a child places one small toy frog on each of four successive treads. Three frogs already sit on separate steps, and the child reaches to set the fourth on the next empty tread.

JLPT N3counterLevel estimated by Bebop

段だん

dan

step, stair

Counts steps in a staircase. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

私わたしは一度いちどに２段だん駆かけ上あがった。
I ran upstairs two steps at a time.
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彼かれは２段だん飛とばしに階段かいだんを駆かけ上あがった。
He jumped up the steps three at a time.
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彼かれは階段かいだんを一度いちどに三段さんだんずつかけあがった。
He jumped up the steps three at a time.
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Kanji in 段

段step; gradeOnダン・タン

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