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number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch, guard, lookout
pair (esp. of mated animals), brace, couple; (anatomical) joint
number, series of digits
program (e.g. TV), programme
house number, address
ranked list (entertainers, sumo wrestlers, millionaires, etc.); program (e.g. theatre)
watchdog
the nth ...; divisions of a kabuki performance
(yarn) count; nth place (in a race), nth position (in a starting lineup); nth rank (in a battle formation)
- 番頭ばんとう
(head) clerk
- 番人ばんにん
guard, watchman
- 番所ばんしょ
guardhouse
- 番外ばんがい
exception, supernumerary, extra (theatrical); extra (e.g. performance, item, object, etc.), additional; outsize
- 番茶ばんちゃ
coarse tea
- 番兵ばんぺい
sentry, guard
- 番屋ばんや
sentry box, guardhouse, guard lodge; (Edo period) police box
- 番えるつがえる
to nock (an arrow), to fix an arrow to the string
- 番台ばんだい
attendant's booth (in a bathhouse changing room), door-keeper's stand, watcher's seat
- 番長ばんちょう
leader of a group of juvenile delinquents
- 番線ばんせん
track number, platform number; wire gauge
- 番狂わせばんくるわせ
unexpected result, upset, surprise
- 番うつがう
to pair with, to pair up, to pair off
- 番衆ばんしゅう
guard (of a daimyo, emperor, etc.)
- 番傘ばんがさ
coarse oilpaper umbrella
- 番小屋ばんごや
guard house
- 番太郎ばんたろう
watchman
- つがい目つがいめ
joint, hinge
- 番卒ばんそつ
sentry, guard
- 番組編成ばんぐみへんせい
programming, programing
- 番号案内ばんごうあんない
directory assistance
- 番号計画ばんごうけいかく
numbering plan
- 番組宣伝ばんぐみせんでん
program publicity
- 番付外ばんづけがい
outside the rankings
- 番付表ばんづけひょう
table of rankings
- 番付編成会議ばんづけへんせいかいぎ
rank-deciding committee
- 番号札ばんごうふだ
numbered tag, numbered ticket
- 番号通話ばんごうつうわ
station-to-station (comms)
- 番代ばんだい
taking turns; relieving the guard
- 番組名ばんぐみめい
program name (television), program identification
- 番匠笠ばんじょうがさ
large primitive bamboo hat