Word Meaning 一番手

いちばんて ichibante

一番手 is read as いちばんて (ichibante) and means first person (to do).

Meaning

English

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

Reading

Kana

いちばんて

Romaji

ichibante

Writing Variants

1番手 いちばんて ichibante

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 17 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 13694 Priority C

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一番乗り

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first (person) to arrive

一番上

いちばんうえ

highest

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most numerous

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(yarn) count

一挙手一投足

いっきょしゅいっとうそく

one's every action