だんかい
Meanings
Noun
1. stage; step; phase
2. level; rank; grade; gradation
3. order
4. stairs
Kanji used
step
floor (of a building)
Pitch accent
んかい
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Composed of
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
Used in vocabulary (22 in total)
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
preliminary step; first step
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
experimental stage; experimental phase
trial stage; experimental phase; prototype stage
graded on N steps; scored out of N
planning stage; planning stages
testing stage; test step
multistage; multi-step
all stages; every level; entire sequence
Examples (10 in total)
At this stage, I can't say anything.
The disease is still in the primary stage.
The first phase of construction has been completed.