前段階

ぜんだんかい

preliminary step, first step

段

だん

step, stair, (flight of) steps, (row of) stitches, columns (of print)

末段

まつだん

final paragraph, final paragraphs, the end of a story of block of text

段差

だんさ

difference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.)

下段

げだん かだん

lower tier, lower step, lower column, lower berth, bottom shelf

五段

ごだん

Japanese verb group

段物

だんもの

musical (dramatic) piece in several acts, type of koto solo, lively type of shamisen song

段袋

だんぶくろ

large cloth sack

数段

すうだん

several (levels, floors)

段々

だんだん

gradually, by degrees

後段

こうだん

latter or second part

全段

ぜんだん

the whole page

普段

ふだん

usual, habitual, ordinary, everyday, always

一段

いちだん

more, much more, still more, all the more

ゴム段

ゴムだん

(Chinese) jump rope, jumping over a fixed elastic rope

段落

だんらく

paragraph

段鼻

だんばな

stair nosing, nosing

中段

ちゅうだん

half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

段腹

だんばら

potbelly; beer belly