Lingaku位【い】
Frequency rank: 1,766. (for form い: 591.)
- rank; place (e.g. first place)
- decimal place
- counter for ghosts
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Forms
- 位【い】Frequency rank: 1,766.
- いFrequency rank: 591.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- rank; place (e.g. first place)
- decimal place
- counter for ghosts
This meaning refers to a position in a hierarchy or series, often relating to status, level of achievement, or placement in a competition.
This meaning refers to the position of a digit in a decimal number, indicating its value relative to others.
This usage is specific to Japanese traditional counting systems, where certain words are used to count specific items, in this case, ghosts.
Generated collocations (experimental)
Example sentences
21 results
He had not gone through all that hard training for nothing – he won first prize.
The greatest cause of stress for men is work, while for women, human relationships come at the top of the list.
The merger created the first largest bank in Japan.
The results were as follows: Japan 1st; Spain 2nd; Italy 3rd.
The gross national product of our country is the second largest.
To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest.
Never did I dream that I would take first place in the piano contest.
Zurich is the second largest gold market in the world after London.
In Olympic competitions, a gold medal is for first place, a silver medal for second, and a bronze medal is for third place.
The amateur singer won first in the talent show hands down.
In elementary school, I was a prodigy and I was mostly the first or second best student in my class.