Illustration: At the entrance to a small Japanese bathhouse, a visitor retrieves shoes from a wooden locker. Its key has a round tag pierced with three holes, matching three small recessed dots on that locker door.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

番ばん号ごう

bangou

number

Used for an identifying number, such as a phone number. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. ええ、じゃあ私わたしの電話でんわ番号ばんごう教おしえるね。

    OK. Let me give you my number.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 番号ばんごうが違ちがいますよ。

    I’m afraid you have the wrong number.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 君きみの電話でんわ番号ばんごうを忘わすれた。

    I forgot your phone number.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 番号

  • 番turn; number in a seriesOnバンKunつがい
  • 号nickname; numberOnゴウKunさけぶ・よびな

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