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番目

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Japanese

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Etymology 1

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Kanji in this term
ばん
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kan'yōon kun'yomi

From (ばん) (-ban) + () (-me).

Compare Korean 번째 (beonjjae).

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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(ばん)() (-banme

  1. Used to form the ordinal numeral as rank. -st; -nd; -rd; -th.
    (ケー)(ツー)()(かい)()(ばん)()(たか)(やま)です。
    Kētsū wa sekai de ni-banme ni takai yama desu.
    K2 is the second tallest mountain in the world.
    ニューメキシコ(しゅう)はアメリカ(がっ)(しゅう)(こく)()(ばん)()(おお)きい(しゅう)です。
    Nyūmekishiko-shū wa Amerika Gasshūkoku de go-banme ni ōkī shū desu.
    New Mexico is the fifth largest state in the United States.
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Noun

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(ばん)() (banme

  1. (kabuki) a classification system used in kabuki theater performance (originally referred to the number of acts within (とお)狂言(きょうげん) (tōshikyōgen, continuous play), but later came to indicate the order of performance programs, typically divided into (いち)(ばん)() (ichibanme, first part) and ()(ばん)() (nibanme, second part))

Etymology 2

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Kanji in this term
つが(い)
Grade: 2

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 番目 – see the following entry.
つが
[noun] joint; connection point (place where two things are joined or linked together)
[noun] (anatomy) body joint; articulation
(This term, 番目, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN