Illustration: Outside a small Japanese apartment building, a resident holds a phone to her ear and raises her free hand toward arriving responders. Smoke curls from an upstairs window.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一一九番ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん

hyakujuukyuuban

Japan’s fire and ambulance number

Example sentences

  1. 火災かさいの時ときには１１９番ばんへ電話でんわを。

    In case of fire, call 119.

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  2. 火事かじの場合ばあいには１１９番ばんすべきです。

    In case of fire, you should dial 119.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 出火しゅっかの際さいは、すぐに１１９番ばんに電話でんわしなければならない。

    In case of fire, you should dial 119 immediately.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一一九番

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 九nineOnキュウ・クKunここの・ここのつ
  • 番turn; number in a seriesOnバンKunつがい

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