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    3. 番手

    番手

    番ばん手て

    (yarn) count

    KMT5News #8+1Sports & Martial ArtsMilitaryKanji Vocab16 strokes

    ばんて

    Noun

    1.
    (yarn) count

    Suffix

    2.
    nth place (in a race), nth position (in a starting lineup)
    3.
    nth rank (in a battle formation)
    military

    Noun

    4.
    castle guard
    5.
    second-place horse
    horse racing

    Stroke 0 / 16

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    彼かれはレースで3番ばん手てにつけています。

    He is in third place in the race.

    KMT4Sports & Martial Arts
    この馬うまは常つねに上じょう位い番ばん手てで走はしります。

    This horse always runs in a leading position.

    KMT5Sports & Martial ArtsAnimals
    野や球きゅうでは、打だ順じゅんの番ばん手ても戦せん略りゃく上じょう重じゅう要ようです。

    In baseball, the batting order position is also strategically important.

    KMT6Sports & Martial Arts
    彼かれは戦せん場じょうで一いち番ばん手ての部ぶ隊たいを率ひきいて突とつ撃げきした。

    He led the first-rank unit and charged on the battlefield.

    KMT6MilitaryHistory
    最さい終しゅうコーナーを回まわったところで、先せん頭とうの馬うまが2番ばん手ての馬うまに差さをつけ始はじめました。

    After turning the final corner, the leading horse started to pull away from the second-place horse.

    KMT7Sports & Martial ArtsAnimals

    Kanji that make up this word

    番
    つが.い…(3)
    turn・number in a series
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
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