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番

ばん
number / order (e.g., first in line); order / number in a series
ban
JLPT N3 vocabularyN3 Counting wordsN3 Numbers words
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  • あなたの番ばんです。

    Anata no ban desu.

    It's your turn.

  • 彼かれはいつも一いち番ばんだ。

    Kare wa itsumo ichiban da.

    He is always number one (or the first/best).

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Other words read ban

  • 晩ばんevening / night

More JLPT N3 Counting words

  • 数えるかぞえるto count
  • 量りょうquantity / amount
  • 組くみcounter for pairs / sets
  • 軒けんcounter for houses
  • 度どcounter for degrees (temperature/angle)
  • 減るへるto decrease (intransitive)
  • 計算するけいさんするto calculate
  • 率りつrate / ratio

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