いの一番

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Japanese

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Etymology

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From いろは (i-ro-ha, a-b-c) and 一番 (ichiban, first). The medial -no- is genitive particle connecting the two nouns.

Noun

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いの一番(いちばん) (inoichiban

  1. first thing (before anything else)