一番 (いちばん)number one; first; first place
- number one; first; first placenoun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'
- best; mostadverb (fukushi)
- game; round; boutnoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- as a test; as an experiment; by way of experimentadverb (fukushi)
- song (e.g. in noh); piecenoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
Kanji in 一番
- 一One; One Radical (no.1)Read with its on'yomi here · JLPT N5
- 番Turn; Number In A SeriesRead with its on'yomi here · JLPT N3
Words that share its kanji
- 一つひとつone
- 一方いっぽうone (esp. of two); the other
- 一時いちじone o'clock
- 一月いちがつJanuary
- 一般いっぱんgeneral; universal
- 一部いちぶone part; one portion
- 十一じゅういちeleven; 11
- 十一月じゅういちがつNovember
- 番組ばんぐみprogram (e.g. TV); programme
- 番号ばんごうnumber; series of digits
- 本番ほんばんperformance; take
- 番手ばんて(yarn) count
- 二番にばんsecond; number two
- 出番でばんone's turn; one's shift
- 番付ばんづけranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.)
- 順番じゅんばんturn (in line); order of things
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