番ばん付づけ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

ranked list; ranking chart

Most famously used for sumo wrestler rankings (banzuke), but also applied to entertainers, millionaires, and other ranked lists.

program; playbill

Theater program listing performers and acts; less common than the ranking sense.

〈人ひと〉の番ばん付づけが上あがる／下さがるfor someone's ranking to rise or fall
けがのせいで彼かれの番ばん付づけが下さがってしまった。
His ranking dropped because of an injury.
番ばん付づけに載のるto be included in the ranking list
新しん人じんの力りき士しが初はじめて番ばん付づけに載のった。
The rookie wrestler appeared in the rankings for the first time.
番ばん付づけを発はっ表ぴょうするto announce the rankings
相撲協会すもうきょうかいは来き場ば所しょの番ばん付づけを発はっ表ぴょうした。
The sumo association announced the rankings for the next tournament.

ランキング sense 1
ランキング is a general loanword for any ranking, while 番付 carries a traditional Japanese feel and is most strongly tied to sumo.
順じゅん位いN2sense 1
順位 refers to one's numerical standing or place in a ranking, while 番付 refers to the published list or chart itself.
序じょ列れつ sense 1
序列 is a more abstract, formal term for hierarchical order, whereas 番付 usually names a concrete, published ranking chart like sumo standings.

番ばん組ぐみN5sense 2
番組 means a TV or radio program, while 番付 in its program sense refers to a printed theater playbill listing performers.

小こ番ばん付づけ
Edo-period small-size single-sheet prints with puzzles, stories, etc. · Edo-period playbills
板いた番ばん付づけ
large wooden ranking boards displayed outside sumo tournament venues
番ばん付づけ外がい
outside the rankings; unranked
番ばん付づけ表ひょう
sumo ranking chart; banzuke chart
紙かみ番ばん付づけ
paper ranking list; rankings written on paper

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Compound of 番 (ban, 'number' or 'order') and 付 (tsuke, 'attach'). Originally referred to a list with numbers or ranks attached.