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
- —三番鶏third cockcrowing
- —茶番劇burlesque; low comedy; farce
- —回り番taking turns; working in shifts
- —明け番day off; off duty
- —自身番guardhouse (Edo-period city)
- —一番星first star of the evening (esp. Venus); evening star
- —番小屋guard house
- —番号札numbered tag; numbered ticket
- —輪番制rotation system
- —踏切番gatekeeper; crossing guard
- —指南番instructor
- —大一番decisive game; important bout; crucial match
- —裏番組program competing with another in the same timeslot (programme); counterprogram (television)
- —張り番lookout; watch
- —所番地address
- —木戸番doorman; gatekeeper
- —カド番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
- —立ち番standing watch; sentinel
- —倉庫番warehouseman; storekeeper
- —料理番cook