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What does 晩 (ばん, ban) mean?

晩 (ばん, ban) means evening, night.

Quick facts
Readingばん
Romajiban
Part of speechnoun, adverb
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)N5
ばん
N5 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonban

evening, night

  1. 1noun · adverb evening; night
  2. 2noun dinner; evening meal
  3. 3counter counter for nights

Example sentences

  • I'm free tonight.

  • I eat a meal in the evening.

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Entries, readings and English glosses: JMdict — Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group (EDRDG), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and their translations written by GoMe.

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