番目
Japanese
Etymology 1
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 番 | 目 |
| ばん Grade: 2 |
め Grade: 1 |
| kan'yōon | kun'yomi |
Pronunciation
Suffix
番目 • (-banme)
- Used to form the ordinal numeral as rank. -st; -nd; -rd; -th.
- K2 は世界で二番目に高い山です。
- Kētsū wa sekai de ni-banme ni takai yama desu.
- K2 is the second tallest mountain in the world.
- ニューメキシコ州はアメリカ合衆国で 5番目に大きい州です。
- Nyūmekishiko-shū wa Amerika Gasshūkoku de go-banme ni ōkī shū desu.
- New Mexico is the fifth largest state in the United States.
- K2 は世界で二番目に高い山です。
Related terms
Noun
番目 • (banme)
- (kabuki) a classification system used in kabuki theater performance (originally referred to the number of acts within 通し狂言 (tōshikyōgen, “continuous play”), but later came to indicate the order of performance programs, typically divided into 一番目 (ichibanme, “first part”) and 二番目 (nibanme, “second part”))
Etymology 2
| Kanji in this term | |
|---|---|
| 番 | 目 |
| つが(い) Grade: 2 |
め Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi | |
| For pronunciation and definitions of 番目 – see the following entry. | ||
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| (This term, 番目, is an alternative spelling of the above term.) |