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いちばん

(the) most

Mnemonic

One, and a turn in the order, so number one in the sequence and the most of whatever comes after it. First prize is an itchy いち bun ばん and you still want it: いちばん.

Built from

one
A single stroke. It doesn't get simpler than this.
turn, number
釆 sorting laid over 田 a field, taking things in order.

Words sharing these kanji

one once instant, for a moment what on earth, what the… once more for the time being, more or less together in one go (one) part single word, a few words number one, first not at all, absolutely nothing

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