Number:
396
番 number
ONYOMI: BAN
I'd like to BAN the number 13 because it is unlucky.
I'll come to your rice paddy if you write down the address NUMBER.
DESCRIPTION: -
JUKUGO:
USED IN:
- 番号 ( ばんごう )
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number which has been assigned to a thing, as in phone number or apartment number, or ZIP code number.
番 (number) + 号 (number) = 番号 (number)
- 一番 ( いちばん )
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the best! Number one!
(NEO)
一 (one) + 番 (number) = 一番 (number one!)
- 交番 ( こうばん )
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police box - a small shop in your neighborhood where police hang out and wait to help you or jail you.
交 (combine) + 番 (number) = 交番 (police box)
- XXX 番目 のYYY (XXX ばんめ のYYY)
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this is a term used in counting things in a row. For instance, in English we'd say "Second book from the right" or "Third shelf from the top" in Japanese, they'd say: 2番目のbook OR 4番目のshelf.
(COUNTER, KUNKUN)
番 (number) + 目 (eye) = 番目 (thing in a row)