Japanese Word Entry

第一
Kana:だいいち
Romaji:daiichi
Definitions:
  1. first, foremost, number one

  2. most important

  3. best, greatest, most

  4. above all, besides, in any case, to begin with

Alternative form:
  • 第1 【 だいいち (daiichi) 】


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Chinese characters used in this word

No., residence, sequence, number, grade, degree
Readings
Mandarin: ㄉㄧˋ (dì)
Cantonese: dai6
Japanese: ダイ (dai)、 テイ (tei) / ついで (tsuide)、 やしき (yashiki)、 ただ (tada)
Korean: 제 (je)
Vietnamese: đệ, nồng

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
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