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)
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On readings
バン
Kun readings
つがい
Words with 番
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —輪番停電rolling blackout
- —核の番人nuclear watchdog (i.e. the IAEA)
- —部屋番号room number
- —二番目物second play on the program
- —長寿番組long-running (TV, radio) program
- —本番行為sexual intercourse (esp. with a prostitute); actual sex (in movies, etc.)
- —追跡番号tracking number (e.g. for orders)
- —ご意見番advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
- —深夜番組late-night show; midnight broadcast
- —五番目物last of the traditional set of five noh plays
- —部品番号part number; PN
- —認証番号identification number; confirmation number; authentication number
- —料理番組cooking program; cookery show
- —当選番号winning number (e.g. in lottery); lucky number
- —出席番号student number (for seating, etc. in class)
- —番を張るto be the leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
- —情報番組infotainment television program; information program; program of announcements
- —給食当番being responsible for school lunch distribution and clean-up
- —法人番号corporate number; 13-digit identification number for corporations
- —子供番組children's (TV) show; children's program