Illustration: At an indoor swimming lesson in Japan, five children wait in one orderly line beside the pool. The child at the front stands at the water's edge, the next waits directly behind, and the remaining children continue back at equal intervals.

JLPT N3prefixLevel estimated by Bebop

第だい

dai

marks an ordinal number

Placed before a number, as in 第一. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. まず第だい１にこの仕事しごとを終おえなくてはいけない。

    I must finish this work first.

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  2. 第だい３課かを読よもう。

    Let’s read Lesson 3.

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  3. 第だい２課かは易やさしい。

    Lesson Two is easy.

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Kanji in 第

  • 第No.; residenceOnダイ・テイ

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