► 接頭辞
第 [(1)だい] meaning: number rank: 2
☆ 彼女は現在世界ランク第一位だ ⇨ She is No.1 in the world ranking right now
☆ 第75回日本選手権 ⇨ The 75th Japanese championship
☆ 第二次世界大戦 ⇨ The second world war
More examples:
- 第二次戦争中子供達は疎開した ⇨ During WW2 children were evacuated to countrysides
- 第六感でそう感じた ⇨ I felt it with my sixth sense
- 彼は学校で落第した ⇨ He failed to advance to the next grade in school
- ベートーヴェン交響曲第五番 ⇨ Beethoven Symphony No 5
- 第二次大戦は石油の争奪が一つの原因だった ⇨ The fight for oil was one of the causes of WW2
- このドラマは第二十話で完結する ⇨ This drama will be concluded in 20th episode
- 特別報道番組第二弾 ⇨ The second installment of the special report program
- 第三次近接遭遇 ⇨ Close encounters of the third kind
- 雨が止み次第試合は再開される ⇨ The game will be resumed as soon as the rain stops
- 商売はやり方次第だ ⇨ Business is all about how you manage it
- 安全第一 ⇨ Safety first
- 彼は大学で何とか及第した ⇨ He managed to pass exams to stay in college
- 日本では第二次大戦直後に女性の参政権が確立された ⇨ The political participation rights for women were established right after WW2 in Japan
- 彼の父親は第二次大戦で戦死した ⇨ His father died in WW2 (as a soldier)
- 第二次大戦後日本は急速に復興した ⇨ After WW2 Japan recovered rapidly