| Word | Reading | Meaning |
|---|
| 一番 | いちばん | best, first, number one; game, round, bout, fall, event (in a meet) |
| 番組 | ばんぐみ | program (e.g. TV), programme |
| 番号 | ばんごう | number, series of digits |
| 本番 | ほんばん | performance, take, going before an audience or on-air; game, season, crucial moment; actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated) |
| 番手 | ばんて | (yarn) count; n-th place (e.g. in a race), n-th in position (e.g. a starting lineup) |
| 出番 | でばん | one's turn |
| 二番 | にばん | second, number two, runner-up |
| 順番 | じゅんばん | turn (in line), order of things, sequential order |
| 番付 | ばんづけ | ranking of entertainers, sumo wrestlers, etc. |
| 背番号 | せばんごう | number on player's back |
