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いちだん is an exact match with one form of the following word:
一段
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Reading : いちだん   
1. more; much more; still more; all the more
noun
2. step; rung; level; rank
3. paragraph; passage
4. Japanese verb group  (see also: 五段; e.g. 食べる)
5. first rank (in martial arts, etc.)
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Usefulness and usage:
Kanshudo usefulness level: 4 (among the 5,000 most useful words in Japanese)
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一段 is the most useful form. 1 additional form is shown below.
This word is a member of our collection of the 10,000 most useful words in Japanese:
• This form is almost always used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 4,000 (about 238,000,000 results)
• This form appears in Wikipedia's list of JLPT N2 vocabulary (see JLPT collections)
• Kanshudo JLPT value = N2
• iknow! Core 6000 rank: 4134 (see iKnow! collections)
• Routledge most useful 5000 words rank: 4998
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
それ
きょねん
去年
くら
べて
いちだん
一段
しんぽ
進歩

It is great improvement as compared with what it was last year.
はなよめ
花嫁
すがた
姿
かのじょ
彼女
いちだん
一段
うつく
しかった

She was all the more beautiful dressed in her wedding costume.
りょうこくかん
両国間
ぶんか
文化
こうりゅう
交流
すす
にしたがって
そうご
相互
りかい
理解
いちだん
一段
ふか
まっていった

As cultural exchange continued between the two countries, their mutual understanding became even deeper.
いちだん
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 173,000 (about 428,000 results)
• This form appears in the 1998 'Ichimango goi bunruishuu' frequent word list by Senmon Kyouiku
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 5 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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イチ   イツ   ひと    ひと- one   
ダン    grade, step, stairs   
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ながらも although   -なが while   
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ジン   ニン   ひと man   
ニ   ふた    ふた two   
stick   
lance shaft   
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キ    table   
また again   
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