欠番

Japanese

Kanji in this term
けつ
Grade: 4
ばん
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
缺番 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) つば [kètsúbá] (Heiban – [0])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ke̞t͡sɨba̠]

Noun

(けつ)(ばん) • (ketsuban

  1. missing number in a series
    永久(えいきゅう)欠番(けつばん)
    eikyū ketsuban
    retired number (baseball, etc.)
    (literally, “forever missing number”)

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN