(grammar) Short for 上一段活用 (kami ichidan katsuyō): upper monograde conjugation

(grammar) Clipping of 五段活用 (godan katsuyō): quintigrade conjugation

(grammar) Short for 四段活用 (yodan katsuyō): quadrigrade conjugation

(Classical Japanese grammar) a verbal conjugation class which has the following inflections: -i/-i/-u/-uru/-ure/-i[yo]

(Classical Japanese grammar) a verbal conjugation class with the following inflections: -e/-e/-u/-uru/-ure/-e[yo]

(grammar) a verbal conjugation class in which the verb stem ends in -i and consists of four alternating bases: -i, -iru, -ire, and -iyo/-iro

(grammar) The Classical Japanese bigrade verb conjugation class, consisting of the two subclasses of 上(かみ)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (kami nidan katsuyō, “upper-bigrade conjugation”) and 下(しも)二(に)段(だん)活(かつ)用(よう) (shimo nidan katsuyō, “lower-bigrade conjugation”)

A Japanese go tournament, and the honorary rank conferred to its winner.

(uncommon) Alternative form of 値段 (nedan)

possessing a dan (rank) / (engineering, archaeology) having steps; being stepped