Dai-ichi explained

(第一) is a compound modifier phrase of Japanese origin, meaning number one,[1] or first. In kanji, "dai" ("number") is 第[2] and "ichi" ("one") is 一.[3] "Dai" is also defined "ordinal number marker."[2] It is this feature that makes the phrase a modifier, or an adjective, describing a noun, as first. Number one functions in the same way.

The phrase is also written without the hyphen, as daiichi.

Dai-ichi is frequently used in proper names, hence capitalized; also Dai-Ichi and occasionally Dai Ichi. There is a sound-alike common first name with different spelling.

Uses include but are not limited to:

Related phrases

Dai-ni (第二) means number two or second, using two parallel bars (二) or "2" for "ni"; also daini

Examples

Dai-san (第三) means number three or third, using three parallel bars (三) or "3" for "san"

Examples

And continuing for 4, 5, 6, etc.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Hobart-Hampden, Ernest Miles and Sir Harold George Parlett, eds., An English-Japanese dictionary of the spoken language, via Google Books. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  2. Nakao, Seigo, Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary, via Google Books, p. 39. Retrieved 2011-03-18.
  3. Nakao, Seigo, Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary, via Google Books, p. 95. Retrieved 2011-03-18.