expression / godan ~る verb:

• to step aside

noun:

• one step away from fishing (i.e. needing two more tiles for completion) - Mahjong term ➜ 聴牌

noun:

• one step lower

noun:

• (a) step ahead; (a) jump ahead

noun:

• step by step; by degrees - four character idiom

noun:

• corbie-step; corbel gable; crowsteps

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose - four character idiom

noun:

• (a) step forward

noun:

• single step (debugging mode) - IT term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to step on; to trample down; to tread on - colloquialism ➜ 踏みつける【ふみつける】

noun:

• step or stride (over something)

noun:

• step in a Japanese entranceway

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring - Sumo term

expression:

• you better watch your step!; sleep with one eye open!

noun:

• plotter step size - IT term

noun:

• step-by-step procedure - IT term - From English "step action"

noun:

• one step higher; one better; cut above; one up

noun:

• side step

adverb / temporal noun:

• step by step

noun:

• two-step

noun:

• inventive step; invention (with respect to prior art)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a step backward

noun:

• step scarpcher - IT term

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ