Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; noticeable · (far) better; exceptional

Nounstairs; stairway; staircase

Noun, Counterstep; stair; rung; (flight of) steps · shelf; layer; tier · grade; level; class

Nounmeans; way; measure

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounusual; normal; everyday; habitual; ordinary · usually; normally; generally; habitually; always

Nounprice; cost

Nountrousers; pants

Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Adverb (fukushi), Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'even more; still more; much more; further · one step; one rung; one level; one grade; one rank · one paragraph; one passage

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verb, Intransitive verbreduction (of crop size); reduction of acreage (under cultivation)

Noun(flight of) stone steps; stone stairway

Nounstage; step; phase · level; rank; grade; gradation · order

Nounparagraph · end; stopping place; conclusion

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'exceptional; unusual; special · especially; exceptionally; unusually

Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particlegradually; by degrees; little by little; more and more; increasingly · steps; stairs; staircase; terrace

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbreaching 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

Noun, Suru verbprogramme; program; plans; arrangements

Nouneveryday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

Nounpresent stage; current phase · current rank; present grade

Noun(corrugated) cardboard · cardboard box; carton

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounwildly different (in ability, strength, etc.); on another level; in a different league; a world apart; far better · of different heights; uneven

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)instrumental (activities, behavior, etc.)

Nounvariable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length · 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres) · six ken (10.91 m)

Nounstairs · stairs at the front of a noh stage

Noungodan (verb, verb conjugation) · fifth dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)

Nounfirst rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

Nounupper 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

Nounpreceding paragraph; first part

Nounthe whole page; the entire column

Noundifference in grades (e.g. in go, shoji, etc.) · difference in level (e.g. road, footpath); ramp; steps; bump (in road)

Nounhalf-way up a slope or stairway; landing · center of three (horizontal) columns · middle guard position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

Nountwilled fabric

Nounproduction per tan

Nounfabric; cloth; textiles; drapery; dry-goods; piece goods · measure of kimono material

Nounacreage; land area · marking off fields in units of tan

Noununit of land area (approx. one-tenth hectare)

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Nounparticular; special · (not) particularly; (not) especially

Nounlower tier; lower step; lower column; lower berth; bottom shelf · low position (of a sword in kendo, etc.)

Nounone-tenth hectare

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbtrying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do) · contriving (to raise money); managing

Nounterrace; bench (in geography)

Nounmusical (dramatic) piece in several acts; type of koto solo; lively type of shamisen song

Nounlatter or second part

Nounbroadsword; sword

Nounlarge cloth sack · baggy trousers (worn in the late-Edo and early-Meiji periods by samurai while practising)

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbpromotion

Nounhighly ranked

Noundan rank (in martial arts, go, etc.); advanced rank; grade of black belt

Nouncorbie-step; corbel gable; crowsteps