Kanji1 / 12
番 kanji
turn, number in a series
- JLPT level
- N3 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 12
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
バン
Kun readings
つがい
Words with 番
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5交番Popularpolice box; koban; small neighborhood police station; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
- N5番号Popularnumber; series of digits
- N4番組Popularprogram (e.g. TV); programme
- N3番Popularnumber (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; lookout; rank; standing; position; bout; match; pieces (in a collection)
- N3一番Popularnumber one; first; first place; best; most; game; round; bout; as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively; song (e.g. in noh); piece
- N3順番Popularorder; turn
- N2当番Popularbeing on duty; person on duty; one's turn
- N2番地Popularhouse number; address
- N2留守番Popularcare-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home; caretaker; house-sitter
- N1番目Popularthe nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
- N1下番going off duty
- —局番Populartelephone exchange number
- —出番Popularone's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; one's time (to act); one's chance; one's part (to play)
- —二番Popularsecond; number two; runner-up
- —番犬Popularwatchdog; guard dog
- —番付Popularranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
- —本番Popularperformance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.); actual event (or celebration, etc.); real deal; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie); production environment
- —輪番Popularrotation (e.g. of a duty); taking turns
- —定番Popularstandard item; usual thing; (a) classic; go-to choice; staple; regular fixture; standard procedure; convention; basic item (with stable demand); staple goods
- —番手Popular(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse