Keyword
place in a series
Info
FrequencyTop 200-300
Type
Kyōiku (2nd grade) 
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KankenLevel 9
Heisig2058
Readings
ばん
(99%)
Composed of
slashed rice
rice field
Mnemonic

When it's the time to harvest every farmer goes through his rice fields in a certain order and slashes the rice growing on each field with his sickle. Rice field #1, rice field #2, rice field #3, and so it goes, every field has its own place in the series.

Used in kanji (12 in total)
explain in detail
flip over
banner
disseminate
grow wild
coiled up
flip over [old]
peruse
water hen
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water in which rice has been washed
Used in vocabulary (439 in total)
number one; first; best; most; game; round
number (in a series); (one's) turn; watch; guard; rank; standing; bout
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
Examples (200 in total)
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