Illustration: A pottery instructor stands at a long workshop bench holding a cup whose handle has just been attached. Along the bench sit the recognizable stages of making that same cup: a lump of clay, a freshly shaped handleless body, the handled cup in the instructor's hands, and a finished glazed version.

JLPT N2nounLevel estimated by Bebop

段だん階かい

dankai

stage, phase

Example sentences

病気びょうきはまだ初期しょきの段階だんかいです。
The disease is still in the primary stage.
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建設工事けんせつこうじの第一だいいち段階だんかいは終おわった。
The first phase of construction has been completed.
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交渉こうしょうはとても微妙びみょうな段階だんかいにさしかかっている。
The negotiations are at a very delicate stage.
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Kanji in 段階

段step; gradeOnダン・タン
階storey; stairOnカイKunきざはし

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