12 strokes

turn, number in a series

Kunつが.い
Onバン

Radicals

Common words

  • 一番いちばん
    number one, first, first place, best, most, game, round, bout, as a test, as an experiment, by way of experiment, by way of trial, tentatively, song (e.g. in noh), piece
  • 番組ばんぐみ
    program (e.g. TV), programme
  • 番号ばんごう
    number, series of digits
  • 一番ひとつがい
    pair, couple, brace
  • 出番でばん
    one's turn, one's shift, one's turn on stage, screen time, screentime
  • 本番ほんばん
    performance (as opposed to practice), going before an audience or on-air, take, game, match, high of the season, height (of summer, etc.), actual event (or celebration, etc.), real deal, penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute), unsimulated sex (in an adult movie), production environment
  • 番目ばんめ
    the nth ..., divisions of a kabuki performance
  • 順番じゅんばん
    turn (in line), order of things, sequential order
  • 留守番るすばん
    care-taking, house-sitting, house-watching, staying at home, caretaker, house-sitter
  • 番地ばんち
    house number, address
  • 定番ていばん
    standard item, usual thing, (a) classic, go-to choice, staple, regular fixture, standard procedure, convention, basic item (with stable demand), staple goods
  • 交番こうばん
    police box, koban, small neighborhood police station, alternation, alternating (current, stress, etc.)
  • 当番とうばん
    being on duty, person on duty, one's turn
  • 輪番りんばん
    rotation (e.g. of a duty), taking turns
  • 番手ばんて
    (yarn) count, nth place (in a race), nth position (in a starting lineup), nth rank (in a battle formation), castle guard, second-place horse
  • 二番にばん
    second, number two, runner-up
  • 番付ばんづけ
    ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.), program (e.g. theatre)
  • 背番号せばんごう
    number on back of player's shirt, uniform number, shirt number
  • 十八番おはこ
    one's favourite party trick (favorite), one's specialty, one's forte, No. 18, eighteenth, repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
  • 定番じょうばん
    standing guard, watchman, watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)