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いちばん

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)adverb

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Meanings

  • number 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

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Example sentences

これが一番いちばんきです。

I like this one the best.

富士山ふじさん日本にほん一番いちばんたかやまです。

Mount Fuji is the tallest mountain in Japan.

一番いちばんまえすわってください。

Please sit in the very front.

このクラスでだれ一番いちばんはやはしれますか。

Who can run the fastest in this class?

今日きょう一番いちばんむずかしいテストがあります。

Today there is the hardest test.


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