第

Meaning

第 centers on ordering and sequence: it marks a number in a series (No.) and by extension a graded rank or a place in a sequence. The 'residence' sense is an older, less common application of a place in a series, like a designated dwelling.

• 第だい
  N1

  prefix for forming ordinal numbers

• 次第しだい
  N3

  depending on

• 第三者だいさんしゃ

  third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person

• 次第にしだいに
  N2

  gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit

• 第一歩だいいっぽ

  first step

• 第一人者だいいちにんしゃ

  leading person; foremost figure

• 第一線だいいっせん

  the front (of a battlefield); forefront

• 落第らくだい
  N2

  failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year)

• 第一声だいいっせい

  first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth

• 及第きゅうだい

  passing (an examination); making the grade

• 第三国だいさんごく

  a third country

• 第六感だいろっかん

  the sixth sense; intuition; hunch

• 第一義だいいちぎ

  primary significance; primary importance; first principle

• 第一だいいち
  N2

  first; foremost; number one

• 第二次世界大戦だいにじせかいたいせん

  Second World War (1939-1945); World War II; WWII; WW2

• 手当たり次第てあたりしだい

  using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately

• 第二だいに

  second

• 第一次世界大戦だいいちじせかいたいせん

  First World War (1914-1918); World War I; WWI; WW1

• 第一印象だいいちいんしょう
  N3

  first impression

• 第三次産業だいさんじさんぎょう

  tertiary industry

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