- 格段
- かくだん
special
exceptional
remarkable* * *かくだん【格段】◇ → 格段の◇ → 格段に* * *かくだん【格段】~の remarkable.●格段の差[相違] a marked [great] difference 《between…》
・格段の進歩 remarkable progress
・交渉には今のところ格段の進捗は見られない. No great progress is yet to be seen in the negotiations.
格段に remarkably.●息子のスキーは一冬で格段に上達した. My son's skiing improved remarkably [made remarkable improvement] over just one winter.
・あの生徒の文章力は他の子供たちと格段に違う. That child's writing is noticeably different from the others'.
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.