だい
Meanings
Prefix
1. prefix for forming ordinal numbers
Kanji used
ordinal number
Pitch accent
Top 1600
Used in vocabulary (68 in total)
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
the fifth
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
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
the second ...
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
the first ...; primary
first-class; first-rate
leading person; foremost figure
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
second division; secondary division
the third ...; tertiary
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
sixth heaven (of the desire realm)
second term; second stage
type 2; category 2; second class
fundamental; primary; most important
leading party (e.g. in parliament); dominant party
second term; second stage
Yom Kippur War; fourth Arab-Israeli war (October 6-25, 1973)
national of a third country; foreigner (esp. Chinese and Korean) resident in Japan
assistant chief of staff, g1
Quaternary period
original store; first store
the third estate; the bourgeoisie
successive generations; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
assistant chief of staff, g3
fifth force; fifth force of nature
Fifth Generation Computer System; FGCS
phase III study; phase III trial
phase II study; phase II trial
second-degree murder (in US, etc. law)
First Section of the Tokyo Stock Exchange
third-class mail matter; (item sent by) third-class mail
eighth brain nerve; nervus vestibulocochlearis; vestibulocochlear nerve
fourth wall (in fiction)
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.