いちだん
Meanings
Adverb
1. more; much more; still more; all the more
Noun
2. step; rung; level; rank
3. paragraph; passage
4. ichidan (verb, verb conjugation)
Kanji used
one
step
Pitch accent
ちだん
だん
Top 5200
Composed of
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
step; stair; grade; rank; counter for breaks in written language (or speech, etc.); dan
Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
a cut above; one step above
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru"
conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru"
Examples (4 in total)
Look at you! You've become so much more adorable.
It becomes dark much earlier in winter.
Modern finance is becoming increasingly complicated and sophisticated.
As cultural exchange continued between the two countries, their mutual understanding became even deeper.