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    3. 一番手

    一番手

    一いち番ばん手て

    first person (to do)

    KMT8News #22+1NounCore ConceptsAmbiguous glossKanji Vocab17 strokes

    1番手

    いちばんて

    Noun

    1.
    first person (to do), person going first
    2.
    first place, top position, person in the top position, person in the lead

    Stroke 0 / 17

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれはレースの一いち番ばん手てでゴールしました。

    He finished the race in first place.

    KMT7Sports & Martial ArtsCore Concepts
    新あたらしい市し場じょうに参さん入にゅうする一いち番ばん手てとなる企き業ぎょうは、大おおきな利り益えきを得える可か能のう性せいがあります。

    Companies that are the first to enter a new market have the potential to gain significant profits.

    KMT8Business & FinanceCore Concepts
    彼かの女じょはチームの一いち番ばん手てとして、プレゼンテーションの冒ぼう頭とうを飾かざった。

    She, as the first person in the team, opened the presentation.

    KMT8Work & CareerCore Concepts
    この会かい社しゃは、環かん境きょう技ぎ術じゅつの分ぶん野やで一いち番ばん手ての地ち位いを確かく立りつしています。

    This company has established itself as a leader in the field of environmental technology.

    KMT8TechnologyBusiness & FinanceNature & Environment
    彼かれは常つねに新あたらしい技ぎ術じゅつの導どう入にゅうに積せっ極きょく的てきで、業ぎょう界かいの一いち番ばん手てとして知しられている。

    He is always proactive in adopting new technologies and is known as a leader in the industry.

    KMT9TechnologyBusiness & Finance

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    番
    つが.い…(3)
    turn・number in a series
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
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