第 (だい) — ordinal prefix

第だい ordinal prefix

Frequency #22 Frequency rank among common Japanese words. Lower number = more common. Grade 3 1 character prefix

dai

だい

Pitch高低アクセント — Tokyo-dialect pitch accent. The number is the drop position: 0 = heiban (no drop), 1 = atamadaka (drops after 1st mora), N = drops after Nth mora. The line above each mora marks high pitch; below, low. だい[1] atamadaka 頭高

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ordinal prefix

Explained in simple Japanese

かずのまえについて、なんばんめかをあらわすことば。

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Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

だい第 ordinal prefix

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Words with 第 (13)

次(し)第(だい) shidai depending on 第(だい)三(さん)者(しゃ) daisansha third party 次(し)第(だい)に shidaini gradually 第(だい)一(いっ)歩(ぽ) daiippo first step 第(だい)一(いち)人(にん)者(しゃ) daiichininsha leading figure 手(て)当(あ)たり次(し)第(だい) teatarishidai using anything one can lay one's hands on 第(だい)一(いち) daiichi first 第(だい)一(いっ)声(せい) daiissei first words said (e.g. when meeting someone)

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Explained in simple Japanese

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

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