番

Meaning

番 centers on an ordered position in a sequence: a turn, a number in a series, or a watch/guard shift. The idea of a numbered slot connects all its uses.

• 一番いちばん
  N5

  number one; first; first place

• 番ばん
  N4

  number (in a series)

• 番組ばんぐみ
  N5

  program (e.g. TV); programme

• 番号ばんごう
  N5

  number; series of digits

• 本番ほんばん
  N2

  performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; take

• 出番でばん

  one's turn; one's shift

• 順番じゅんばん
  N3

  order; turn

• 定番ていばん

  standard item; usual thing; (a) classic; go-to choice; staple; regular fixture; standard procedure; convention

• 番手ばんて

  (yarn) count

• 番地ばんち
  N2

  house number; address

• 交番こうばん
  N5

  police box; koban; small neighborhood police station

• 留守番るすばん
  N2

  care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home

• 背番号せばんごう

  number on the back of a player's uniform; uniform number; shirt number; squad number

• 当番とうばん
  N2

  being on duty; person on duty; one's turn

• 番瀝青ペンキ
  N3

  paint

• 番付ばんづけ

  ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.)

• 番犬ばんけん

  watchdog; guard dog

• 一番乗りいちばんのり

  first rider in a charge

• 十八番おはこ

  one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; one's forte

• 局番きょくばん

  telephone exchange number

• 輪番りんばん

  rotation (e.g. of a duty); taking turns

• 二番にばん

  second; number two; runner-up

• １１９番ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん

  119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)

• 一番手いちばんて

  first person (to do); person going first

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