手段【しゅだん】
means, way, measure
階段【かいだん】
stairs, stairway, staircase
段階【だんかい】
stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs
普段【ふだん】
usual, normal, everyday, habitual, ordinary, usually, normally, generally, habitually, always
値段【ねだん】
price, cost
一段【いちだん】
even more, still more, much more, further, one step, one rung, one level, one grade, one rank, one paragraph, one passage, ichidan (verb, verb conjugation)
一段落【いちだんらく】
reaching a stopping place, settling down (before the next stage), getting to a point where one can rest, completing the first stage (of the work), one paragraph
段取り【だんどり】
programme, program, plans, arrangements
普段着【ふだんぎ】
everyday clothes, ordinary clothes, casual wear, informal dress
段々【だんだん】
gradually, by degrees, little by little, more and more, increasingly, steps, stairs, staircase, terrace
石段【いしだん】
(flight of) stone steps, stone stairway
現段階【げんだんかい】
present stage, current phase, current rank, present grade
段ボール【だんボール】
(corrugated) cardboard
格段【かくだん】
dramatic (improvement), remarkable (difference), marked, noticeable, (far) better, exceptional
特段【とくだん】
exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually
前段【ぜんだん】
preceding paragraph, first part
中段【ちゅうだん】
half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)
三段目【さんだんめ】
third lowest division
初段【しょだん】
first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.), lowest rank, one dan
上段【じょうだん】
upper tier, upper section, upper deck, upper row, upper step, upper grade, upper berth, top shelf, place of honor, place of honour, dais, raised part of floor, overhead position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)
