Word details

番人

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 番人.

Dictionary

Entry

番人んにNounFreq #15817
1

guard; watchman

Examples
中央銀行に物価の番人だけさせておくのはもったいない。
It's a waste to just have the central banks watching over commodity prices.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

turn, number in a series

12 strokesFrequency 348JLPT N2Grade 2

On

バン

Kun

つが.い

Nanori

person

2 strokesFrequency 5JLPT N4Grade 1

On

ジンニン

Kun

ひと-り-と

Nanori

ひこふみ

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