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    3. 当番

    当番

    当とう番ばん

    being on duty

    N2KMT8News #21+1CoreNoun, ParticleDaily LifeWork & CareerKanji Vocab18 strokes

    とうばん

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    being on duty, person on duty, one's turn

    Stroke 0 / 18

    Speed1.0x

    今きょ日うの掃そう除じ当とう番ばんは誰だれですか。

    Who is on cleaning duty today?

    KMT7Daily Life
    来らい週しゅうのゴミ出だじとうばんはわたし当たん番とうは私 が担 当 します。

    I will be in charge of trash duty next week.

    KMT8Daily Life
    子こ供どもたちは給きゅう食しょく当とう番ばんの役やく割わりを交こう代たいで行おこなう。

    The children take turns performing their roles as lunch duty monitors.

    KMT8Daily LifeEducation
    病びょう院いんでは、夜や間かんも医い師しが当とう番ばんで患かん者じゃを診みている。

    At the hospital, doctors are on duty at night to see patients.

    KMT8Work & CareerMedicine & Health
    彼かれは急きゅうな出しゅっ張ちょうで当とう番ばんを代かわってもらうことになった。

    He had to ask someone to cover his duty due to a sudden business trip.

    KMT9Work & CareerDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    当
    あ.たる・あ.たり・あ.てる・あ.て・まさ.に・まさ.にべし…(2)
    hit・right・appropriate・himself
    番
    つが.い…(3)
    turn・number in a series
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