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
- —報道番組news program; news programme
- —放送番組broadcast program; broadcast programme
- —順番待ちwaiting one's turn
- —馬番連勝quinella; quiniela
- —枠番連勝bracket win; bracket quinella
- —上位五番last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
- —三番稽古a row of training matches with the same opponent
- —一番出世newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo
- —二番出世newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo
- —三番出世newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo
- —予約番号confirmation number; reservation number; reference number
- —いの一番first of all; first thing
- —大死一番exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
- —雨傘番組substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out
- —一番勝負contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
- —一番太鼓beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)
- —一番弟子the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
- —一番風呂freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
- —永久欠番retired (uniform) number
- —ここ一番the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage