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序数

じょすう
ordinal number (first, second, etc.)
josuu
JLPT N1 vocabularyN1 Numbers words
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  • 順序じゅんじょを示しめすには序数じょすうを用もちいる。

    Junjo o shimesu ni wa josuu o mochiiru.

    Ordinal numbers are used to show order.

  • 基数きすうではなく序数じょすうで答こたえる。

    Kisuu de wa naku josuu de kotaeru.

    I answer with an ordinal number rather than a cardinal number.

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More JLPT N1 Numbers words

  • 一律いちりつuniform / flat rate (same for all)
  • 一概にいちがいにunconditionally / in general (used with negatives)
  • 多数決たすうけつdecision by majority
  • 桁数けたすうnumber of digits
  • 何倍なんばいhow many times (multiplication)
  • 一巡いちじゅんone round / one cycle
  • 二乗にじょうsquaring (to the power of 2)
  • 三乗さんじょうcubing (to the power of 3)

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