三さん段だん
Meanings
Noun
1. third stage; three stages
2. third dan (in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
Kanji used
three
step
Pitch accent
⚠
さ
んだん
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Composed of
three; 3
step; stair; shelf; layer; grade; level; dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.)
Used in vocabulary (7 in total)
third lowest division
trigrade conjugation (of the classical verbs "su" and "ku"); conjugation in which the stem vowel alternates between "i", "u" and "o"
triple jump; hop, step and jump
triple; three-way; threefold
three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing)
three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing)