Translation guide
The ordinal number 'seventh' in English is expressed in Japanese using the counter 第七 (dai nana) or the native ordinal 七番目 (nana ban me). The choice depends on what is being counted and the context.
To express that something is the seventh item, person, or event in a numbered series.
The most common way to say 'seventh' for abstract numbering, such as chapters, episodes, ranks, etc. It is a prefix 第 (dai) plus the number 七 (nana).
Episode 7
Seventh place
Used for physical order or sequence, like 'the seventh person' or 'the seventh house'. It combines the number 七 (nana) with the counter 番 (ban) and 目 (me) meaning 'the ...th'.
The seventh house
The seventh person to arrive
Uses the native Japanese counter つ (tsu) for general objects. It means 'the seventh one' when counting things without a specific counter.
The seventh box
To express the fraction 1/7.
The standard way to say 'one seventh'. It follows the pattern [denominator]分の[1].
A one in seven chance
To say the 7th day of a month.
The specific word for the 7th day of the month. Note the irregular reading.
To refer to the seventh note in a scale or a seventh chord.
Music term for the interval of a seventh.
Seventh chord