段 （ダン） step, stair, rung, (flight of) steps, shelf, layer, tier, grade, level, class, dan (degree of advanced proficiency in martial arts, go, shogi, etc.), rank, paragraph, passage, column (of print), act (in kabuki, joruri, etc.), section, scene, row of the multiplication table (e.g. five times table), stage (in a process), phase, occasion, time, moment, situation, matter, occasion, degree, extent, counter for breaks in written language or speech

段階 （ダンカイ） stage, step, phase, level, rank, grade, gradation, order, stairs

特段 （トクダン） exceptional, unusual, special, especially, exceptionally, unusually

中段 （チュウダン） half-way up a slope or stairway, landing, center of three (horizontal) columns (of print) (centre)

反 （タン） variable 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)

反物 （タンモノ） fabric, cloth, textiles, drapery, dry-goods, piece goods, measure of kimono material

減反 （ゲンタン） reduction (of crop size), reduction of acreage (under cultivation)

一反 （イッタン） one-tenth hectare