Word Meaning 定番
定番 is read as じょうばん (jouban) and means watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period).
Meaning
English
- watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)
- standing guard
- watchman
Reading
Kana
じょうばん
Romaji
jouban
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12定年
ていねん
minimum years of service at a particular rank before eligibility for promotion (in the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy)
Example Sentences
6目玉焼きが朝の定番。
Fried eggs are a morning staple.
俺は、サングラスは定番モデルでいいや。
I'm fine with standard model sunglasses.
マインクラフトは長年世界中から愛される定番ゲームです。
Minecraft has been a universally loved game for years.
若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐怖の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。
It's textbook horror: young men and women spending a night of terror in a secluded mansion.
何か出そうな定番の場所ですからね。自動演奏するグランドピアノや独りでに動き出す人体模型や。
That's because they're the classic places for 'something' to appear. Like the grand piano that plays by itself, the human anatomical model that moves by itself ...
「この曲、ここでもかかってる。耳にするの今日で何回目だろう？」「しょうがないよ。クリスマスの定番ソングだもん」
"They're playing this song here too. How many times does that make it today?" "What do you expect? It's a Christmas classic."