番（ばん）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: atamadaka (head-high) — first mora high, then falls
Meaning: number / turn
Example sentences
- 一番の窓口へ行ってください。 — Please go to counter number one.
- 順番が来るまで少し待つ。 — I'll wait a bit until my turn comes.
Idioms & proverbs containing “番”
- 番茶も出花 (ばんちゃもでばな) — even a homely girl looks beautiful at the peak of her youth; even coarse tea tastes good when freshly brewed
- 鬼も十八番茶も出花 (おにもじゅうはちばんちゃもでばな) — just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth
- 夜明け前が一番暗い (よあけまえがいちばんくらい) — it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn
- 開口一番 (かいこういちばん) — at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
- 緊褌一番 (きんこんいちばん) — gird oneself up
- 大死一番 (だいしいちばん) — exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
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