いの一番

Japanese

Etymology

From いろは (i-ro-ha, “a-b-c”) and 一番 (ichiban, “first”). The medial -no- is genitive particle connecting the two nouns.

Noun

いの一番(いちばん) • (inoichiban) 

  1. first thing (before anything else)
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