だい
Meanings
Prefix
1. prefix for forming ordinal numbers
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (59 in total)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
second
the third ...; tertiary
first article
the second ...
sixth heaven (of the desire realm)
leading party (e.g. in parliament); dominant party
the third
the fifth
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
first step
the ninth; Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
first time; first; initial
first place
first-class; first-rate
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
the first ...; primary
leading person; foremost figure
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
second division; secondary division
volume 1; first volume
primary significance; primary importance; first principle; absolute truth; ultimate truth
first report (esp. of an incident, disaster, or news story); initial report
firstborn; first child; eldest child
type 1; category 1; first class
second term; second stage
Second World
type 2; category 2; second class
a third country
fundamental; primary; most important
first hearing
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
assistant chief of staff, g1
Quaternary period
national of a third country; foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan
original store; first store
the third estate; the bourgeoisie
first language
assistant chief of staff, g3
second language
phase III study; phase III trial
phase II study; phase II trial
third-class mail matter; (item sent by) third-class mail
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
eighth brain nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve
fourth wall (in fiction)
second degree burn
second-degree murder (in US, etc. law)
Examples (16 in total)
The gross national product of our country is the second largest.
Have you seen the second episode?
Let's begin with Lesson 3.