ばん
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. number (in a series)
Noun
2. (one's) turn
3. watch; guard; lookout
Suffix
4. rank; standing; position
Noun
Suffix
Sumo
5. bout; match
Suffix
6. pieces (in a collection)
Kanji used
place in a series
Pitch accent
Top 1200
Used in vocabulary (132 in total)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
number; series of digits
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
number one; first; best; most; game; round
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
being on duty; person on duty
third; no. three
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
second; number two; runner-up
guard; watchman
(head) clerk
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
police box; koban; alternation; alternating (current, stress, etc.)
second; number two; runner-up
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
house number; address
first thing in the morning
prison guard; jailer; gaoler
one's favourite party trick (favorite); one's specialty; No. 18; eighteenth; repertoire of 18 kabuki plays
to keep watch; to stand guard
hinge; joint (esp. an anatomical joint)
exception; supernumerary; extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.); additional; outsize
garden watchman; garden keeper; guard of the inner garden
watch stand; watcher's seat; attendant's booth (e.g. at an onsen)
what number
guard; lookout; watch
night watch; night sentry
night watch; night sentry
(yarn) count; nth place (in a race); nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation); castle guard; second-place horse
night watch; fire watchman
sleepless vigil; night watch; vigilance
track number
model number
sentry box; guardhouse; guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
early shift; morning shift; early arrival
phone duty; being on call
guardhouse (Edo-period city)
keeping an eye on people's belongings (so they don't get stolen)
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer
doorkeeper; doorman; porter
indicates position in a sequence; divisions of a kabuki performance
doorman; gatekeeper
town-watches from the Edo period
lookout; watch
missing number
warehouseman; storekeeper
secret leader of a group of juvenile delinquents; program in a competing timeslot (programme)
promo; advertising for a program (TV, radio, etc.); program publicity
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
standing watch; sentinel
errand runner; messenger (Azuchi-Momoyama period); patroller; minor official (Edo period)
one's turn (esp. in go, shogi, etc.)
monthly shift or duty
sentry; guard
consecutive number; serial number
doorman in charge of footwear
reporter assigned to cover a particular person in order to get the most up-to-date information; beat reporter
leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
(telephone) area code (non-local)
rotation (e.g. of a duty); taking turns
stock number (of item); part number; PN
location without an address; unnumbered plot of land
gatekeeper; crossing guard
geisha call-office; assignation office for geisha; geisha on call
ranger (forest); mountain guardian
caretaker of a villa
mobile phone number
good turning point number (10000, 12345 etc., often referring to web site visit counts)
telephone exchange number
taking turns; relieving the guard
advisor; adviser (to a lord, etc.); wise counselor allowed to speak to a lord without restraint
lot number
alternating; taking turns
precedence; first move (in games)
black to play (in go)
to be the leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths
alternating; taking turns
make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
to have one's turn; to be on duty; to have one's inning
food tray (used in the food industry)
local telephone exchange number; local exchange prefix
person in charge of warming sake in a bar
110 (police emergency telephone number in Japan)
going off duty
something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success
day off; off duty
item number
make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
being on duty
last five matches of makushita division wrestlers
toe guards on clogs; footwear doorman
taking turns; working in shifts
being on duty with a colleague; partner; colleague
the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)
person in charge of preparing food for rikishi (usually performed by low-ranking rikishi)
tending a store; salesperson; sales clerk; shop assistant
unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
standing guard; watchman; watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
gatekeeper; crossing guard
good turning point number (10000, 12345 etc., often referring to web site visit counts)
make-or-break game in a go or shogi tournament; ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament
night watch; night watchman
asset register number
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
part number; PN
the opposite team in a two-turns work group
bracket win; bracket quinella
lower number; lower numbers
-nth game (of 12 rounds)
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
Banchō Seisaku Kenkyūjo (faction of the LDP)
product number
Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls
Kyoto-style side dish; meal of side dishes
Examples (37 in total)
My turn, right?
It's your turn.
Whose turn is it?