Meaning of 定番 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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定番
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Kana Readingていばん
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Romajiteiban
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- standard (goods, procedure, etc.); (one's) routine; product with consistent sales; staple (of a situation, of a fiction genre, etc.)
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Example Sentences
定番, ていばん used in context
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若い男女が人里離れた洋館で恐怖の一夜を過ごすという、ホラーの定番スタイルだ。
This is a horror staple - young men and women spend a night of terror in an isolated house.
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何か出そうな定番の場所ですからね。自動演奏するグランドピアノや独りでに動き出す人体模型や。
That's because they're the classic places for 'something' to appear. Like the grand piano that plays by itself, the human anatomical model that moves by itself ...
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