| 一段落付ける | to complete the first stage of, to settle for the time being |
| 階段を上る | to go up the stairs |
| 格段の相違 | marked difference |
| 手段を講じる | to take steps (measures) |
| 手段を尽くす | to try everything, to leave no stone unturned |
| 巧みな手段 | clever trick |
| 多段式ロケット | multistage rocket |
| 段を取る | to get a black belt, to obtain a degree (in judo) |
| 町段畝歩 | units of square measure (for rice fields, forests, etc.) |
| 梯子の段 | rung of a ladder |
| 六段の調べ | rokudan (name of a koto composition) |
| 試験段階 | testing stage, test step |
| 自衛手段 | measures to defend oneself (for self-defense) (defence) |
| 実験段階 | experimental stage, experimental phase |
| 通信手段 | means of communication |
| 発達段階 | developmental stage |
| 非常階段 | emergency staircase, emergency stairs |
| 序二段 | jonidan (second lowest) division |
| 段位 | dan, grade (of black belt) |
| 海岸段丘 | coastal terrace |
| 階段教室 | classroom in tiers |
| 階段耕作 | terrace culture |
| 三段目格 | referee officiating the third lowest sumo division |
| 序二段格 | referee officiating the second lowest division |
| 二段目 | former name for makushita division |
| 常用手段 | the same old tactic |
| 強圧手段 | coercive (high-handed) measure, strong-arm method |
| 強硬手段 | tough measure, firm step, strong measure |
| 防遏手段 | preventive measure |
| 暴力手段 | violent means |
| 瞞着手段 | ruse, trick, deception tactics |
| 籠絡手段 | means of cajolement (trickery) |
甍段 いらか段 | corbie-step, corbel gable, crowsteps |
| 四段活用 | yodan verb conjugation (verb form of classical Japanese) |
| 段ボール箱 | cardboard box |
| 一段活用 | conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs |
| 上一段活用 | conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "iru" |
| 下一段活用 | conjugation (inflection, declension) of ichidan verbs ending in "eru" |
| 五段活用 | conjugation (inflection, declension) of godan verbs |
| 二段活用 | conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs |
| 上二段活用 | conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "i" or "u" for every conjugation) |
| 下二段活用 | conjugation (inflection, declension) of nidan verbs (resulting in a stem of either "e" or "u" for every conjugation) |