Word Meaning 二番

にばん niban

二番 is read as にばん (niban) and means second.

Meaning

English

  1. second
  2. number two
  3. runner-up

Reading

Kana

にばん

Romaji

niban

Writing Variants

  • 2番 にばん niban

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 11277 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

二番出世

にばんしゅっせ

newly recruited wrestlers in the second round of presentation after mae-zumo

二番作

にばんさく

second crop

二番目物

にばんめもの

second play on the program

二番目狂言

にばんめきょうげん

second play on the program

二番抵当

にばんていとう

second mortgage

二番星

にばんぼし

second star of the evening

二番底

にばんぞこ

double dip

水入り二番後撮り直し

みずいりにばんごとりなおし

rematch due to overlong (over 10 min) bout

二十歳

はたち

20 years old

二流

にりゅう

second-rate

二部

にぶ

two parts

二次

にじ

second

Example Sentences

8

Turn right at the second corner on the right.

Saturn is the second largest planet in the Solar System.

They call him the Pushkin of Second Avenue.

I like Tom best, John second best.

Yokohama is the second largest city in Japan.

His second son married and settled down.

The next train to the airport departs from platform 2.

The Amazon is the second longest river in the world after the Nile.