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一いち番ばん

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Meanings

Noun

No-adjective

1. number one; first; first place

Adverb

2. best; most

Noun

3. game; round; bout

Adverb

4. as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

Noun

5. song (e.g. in noh); piece

Other spellings

１いち番ばん

Kanji used

一one 番place in a series

Pitch accent

いちばん

Used in vocabulary

一いち番ばん手て

first person (to do); person going first; first place; top position; person in the top position; person in the lead

Noun

一いち番ばん上うえ

highest; uppermost; topmost; oldest; eldest

No-adjective

朝あさ一いち番ばん

first thing in the morning

Noun

一いち番ばん乗のり

first rider in a charge; first (person) to arrive

Noun

春はる一いち番ばん

first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring

Noun

開かい口こう一いち番ばん

at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all

Adverb

一いち番ばん槍やり

the first to thrust a spear (at the enemy); the first to achieve fame; the first to achieve merit

Noun

一いち番ばん鶏どり

first cockcrowing

Noun

一いち番ばん線せん

track no. 1

Noun

一いち番ばん茶ちゃ

first-grade tea (first picking)

Noun

一いち番ばん星ぼし

first star of the evening (esp. Venus); evening star

Noun

大おお一いち番ばん

decisive game; important bout; crucial match

Noun

Examples614

このネクタイにしましょう、一いち番ばんよさそうだから。

I will take this tie, as it seems to be the best.

私わたしはこの本ほんが一いち番ばん好すきだ。

I like this book best.

わたしには仕し事ごとが一いち番ばんです。

Work is all in all to me.

私わたしには彼かれが一いち番ばんなの。

He must be the one for me.

彼かの女じょの一いち番ばん下したの子こ供どもは５歳さいです。

Her youngest child is five years old.

全ぜん部ぶの先せん生せいのうちで彼かれが一いち番ばん好すきだ。

I like him best of all the teachers.