Japanese Word Entry

一番

Kana:	いちばん
Romaji:	ichiban
Definitions:	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
Alternative form:	１番【いちばん (ichiban) 】

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Chinese characters used in this word

一	one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄧ (yī)
Cantonese:	jat1
Japanese:	イチ (ichi)、イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、ひと.つ (hitotsu)、ひとたび (hitotabi)、はじめ (hajime)
Korean:	일 (il)
Vietnamese:	nhất

Variants

Semantic variant forms:

壹、弌

番	turn, number in a series, to take turns, a turn, a time, to repeat

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄈㄢ (fān), ㄆㄢ (pān), ㄈㄢˊ (fán), ㄅㄛ (bō), ㄆㄛˊ (pó), ㄆㄢˊ (pán), ㄆㄢˋ (pàn), ㄆㄧˊ (pí)
Cantonese:	faan1
Japanese:	バン (ban)、ハン (han) / つが.い (tsugai)、つがう (tsugau)、つがえる (tsugaeru)
Korean:	번 (beon), 반 (ban)
Vietnamese:	phiên, phan, ba, bà, dẻo, phen

Variants

Semantic variant form:

蕃