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JLPT N2 · Noun

段階 (dankai)

段階 (だんかい, dankai) is a Japanese noun meaning “stage; step”. It appears in JLPT N2 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
だんかい
Romaji
dankai
Word class
Noun
Level
JLPT N2 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. stage; step; phase · noun
  2. level; rank; grade; gradation · noun
  3. order · noun
  4. stairs · noun

Example sentences

病気はまだ初期の段階です。
The disease is still in the primary stage.
Tatoeba #85254

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 段階

段
grade, steps, stairsダン・タン · 9 strokes
階
storey, stair, counter for storeys of a buildingカイ・きざはし · 12 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 段階.

階段かいだんstairs段々だんだんgradually値段ねだんprice段だんstep手段しゅだんmeans普段ふだんusual階かいstorey階級かいきゅう(social) class階層かいそうclass

Source: JMdict entry 1419950 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.