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
- —角番make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
- —立番standing watch; sentinel
- —１番手first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position; person in the lead
- —何番めwhat number (in a sequence); what rank
- —見世番tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
- —二番線platform no. 2; track 2
- —二番めsecond (in a series)
- —２番目second (in a series)
- —番付けranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
- —るす番care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home; caretaker; house-sitter
- —代り番alternating; taking turns
- —三番鳥third cockcrowing
- —百十番110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan); to call 110; to call the police
- —見張番guard; lookout; watch
- —１番星first star of the evening (esp. Venus); evening star
- —かど番make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
- —御番菜Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
- —ケー番mobile phone number; cell phone number
- —朝１番first thing in the morning
- —切り番satisfying number (e.g. 10000, 12345, 33333; in view counts, odometer readings, video game scores, etc.)