第 - N1 Kanji

Meaning of 第 意味

No., residence

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第 is one of the most commonly used Japanese kanji, and it also has a lot of special readings in addition to the standard onyomi and kunyomi readings.

ONYOMI　音読み

KUNYOMI　訓読み

ダイ dai
テイ tei

Examples

まず第１にこの仕事を終えなくてはいけない。

I must finish this work first.

第９番目の月の名を言ってごらん。

Tell me the name of the ninth month.

第３課に戻りましょう。

Let’s turn back to the third lesson.

第５課を復習しましょう。

Let’s review Lesson 5.

第３課を読もう。

Let’s read Lesson 3.

あの大学は私の第１志望だった。

That university was my first choice.

日本は、いわば、彼の第２の祖国だ。

Japan is, as it were, his second home.

第２課は易しい。

Lesson Two is easy.

この問題は第3章で扱います。

We will deal with this problem in Chapter Three.

第３課から始めましょう。

Let’s begin with Lesson 3.

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Back to list JLPT N1 Kanji 1

結 tie, bind, contract, join, organize, do up hair, fasten

派 faction, group, party, clique, sect, school

案 plan, suggestion, draft, ponder, fear, proposition, idea, expectation, worry, table, bench

策 scheme, plan, policy, step, means

基 fundamentals, radical (chem), counter for machines, foundation