compound
Compound may refer to:
Architecture and built environments
* Compound (enclosure), a cluster of buildings having a shared purpose, usually inside a fence or wall
** Compound (fortification), a version of the above fortified with defensive struc ...
modifier
Modifier may refer to:
* Grammatical modifier, a word that modifies the meaning of another word or limits its meaning
** Compound modifier, two or more words that modify a noun
** Dangling modifier, a word or phrase that modifies a clause in an am ...
phrase of
Japanese
Japanese may refer to:
* Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia
* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
** Japanese diaspor ...
origin, meaning ''
number one
Number One most commonly refers to:
* 1 (number)
Number One, No. 1, or #1 may also refer to:
Music Albums
* ''Number 1'' (Big Bang album), and the title song
* ''No. 1'' (BoA album), and the title song
* ''No.1'' (EP), by CLC
* ''n.1 ...
'', or ''
first
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one (#1).
First or 1st may also refer to:
*World record, specifically the first instance of a particular achievement
Arts and media Music
* 1$T, American rapper, singer-songwriter, DJ, and rec ...
''. In
kanji
are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...
, "dai" ("number") is 第Nakao, Seigo ''Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary'' via Google Books, p. 39. Retrieved 2011-03-18. and "ichi" ("one") is 一.Nakao, Seigo ''Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary'' via Google Books, p. 95. Retrieved 2011-03-18. "Dai" is also defined " ordinal number marker." 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
A proper noun is a noun that identifies a single entity and is used to refer to that entity (''Africa'', ''Jupiter'', ''Sarah'', ''Microsoft)'' as distinguished from a common noun, which is a noun that refers to a class of entities (''continent, ...
, 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:
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Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant
The is a disabled nuclear power plant located on a site in the towns of Ōkuma and Futaba in Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The plant suffered major damage from the magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan on March 11, 2011. The ...
(or Fukushima Dai-ichi), a.k.a. Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant (福島第一原子力発電所) (dai and ichi are the third and fourth characters) – a six-unit nuclear plant complex struck in the March 11,
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
The occurred at 14:46 JST (05:46 UTC) on 11 March. The magnitude 9.0–9.1 (M) undersea megathrust earthquake had an epicenter in the Pacific Ocean, east of the Oshika Peninsula of the Tōhoku region, and lasted approximately six mi ...
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Dai-ichi Life
, or Dai-ichi Life for short, is the third-largest life insurer in Japan by revenue, behind Japan Post Insurance and Nippon Life.
Founded on September 15, 1902, Dai-Ichi was one of the oldest mutual insurance companies in Japan until a motion to ...
Insurance Co (第一生命保険株式会社) – the third largest life insurer in Japan by revenues
* Dai Ichi Daihoumaru Ship case (第一大邦丸事件) – a 1952 incident between the South Korean Coast Guard and the Japanese Dai Ichi Daihoumaru ship
* Dai-Ichi Kangyō Bank (第一勧業銀行) – was one of the largest banks in the world during the latter half of the 20th century
* Dai-ichi KōKū Kantai (第一航空艦隊) (dai and ichi are the first and second characters) – 1st Air Fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy; amongst a number of military-unit names incorporating the phrase
* Dai-ichi Hōsō – The 1st Broadcast (第1放送) (dai is first character; ichi is the numeral "1" instead of 一) on Radio Nikkei carries general programs and horse racing from eastern Japan ( hōsō; click link to edit listing)
* Dai-Ichi-dōri Station (第一通り駅) – a commuter station in downtown Hamamatsu city ( dōri)
*Morioka Dai-ichi High School, a.k.a.
Morioka First High School
, often abbreviated as , is a public, coeducational, university preparatory high school in Morioka city, Iwate, Japan. Founded in 1880, Morioka Ichikō is the second oldest high school in Iwate prefecture and one of the oldest in Japan. As of Ma ...
(盛岡第一高等学校) – is a public, coeducational, university preparatory high school in Morioka city, Iwate, Japan
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Daiichi Sankyo
is a global pharmaceutical company and the second-largest pharmaceutical company in Japan. It achieved JPY 981.8 billion in revenue in 2019. The company owns the American biotechnology company Plexxikon, American pharmaceutical company American R ...
(第一三共株式会社) (Dai and ichi are the first and second characters) – a Japan-based major pharmaceutical company
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Daiichi Institute of Technology
is a private university in Kirishima, Kagoshima
is a city located in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan.
Kirishima has the second largest population of the cities in Kagoshima Prefecture. It is a crossroads for commerce between Kagoshima and Miyaz ...
(第一工業大学) – a private university in Kirishima, Kagoshima, Japan
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Dai-ichi
(第一) is a compound modifier phrase of Japanese origin, meaning '' number one'', or ''first''. In kanji, "dai" ("number") is 第Nakao, Seigo''Random House Japanese-English English-Japanese Dictionary'' via Google Books, p. 39. Retrieved 2011- ...
was the name of a professional Go tournament 1959–75
Related phrases
Dai-ni (第二) means '' number two'' or '' second'', using two parallel bars (二) or "2" for "ni"; also daini
:Examples
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Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant
The is a nuclear power plant located on a site in the town of Naraha and Tomioka in the Futaba District of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) runs the plant.
After the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsuna ...
, a.k.a. Fukushima II Nuclear Power Plant, (福島第二原子力発電所) (dai and ni are the third and fourth characters), Fukushima Dai-Ni Genshiryoku Hatsudensho, Fukushima II NPP, 2F or "Fukushima Daini" – a four-unit nuclear plant complex seven miles south of the Dai-Ichi plants and also struck in the March 11, 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
:* Radio Nikkei's 2nd Broadcast (第2放送) (dai is first character; ni is the numeral "2" instead of 二) (Dai-ni Hōsō) carries live company stock price announcement and horse racing from western Japan; Radio Nikkei is Japan's domestic shortwave commercial radio broadcasting station
Dai-san (第三) means ''number three'' or ''third'', using three parallel bars (三) or "3" for "san"
:Examples
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Kyōto 3rd district
Kyōto 3rd district (京都府第3区 ''Kyōto-fu dai-san-ku'' or simply 京都3区 ''Kyōto sanku'') is a constituency of the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. It is located in South central Kyoto and consists of Kyoto city's Fushim ...
(京都府第3区)
:* "the third beer" (第三のビール) (dai-san no bīru) – beer-flavored beverages developed to compete with Happoshu or low-malt beer
And continuing for 4, 5, 6, etc.