三番鶏

さんばんどり さんばんにわとり

third cockcrowing

三番勝負

さんばんしょうぶ

three-game match, three-bout contest, a rubber (in a card game)

三番稽古

さんばんげいこ

a row of training matches with the same opponent

三番出世

さんばんしゅっせ

newly recruited wrestlers in the third round of presentation after mae-zumo

結びの三番

むすびのさんばん

final three bouts of the tournament day

三十番神

さんじゅうばんじん

the thirty guardian deities (a different one for each day)

番

ばん

(one's) turn

番茶

ばんちゃ

coarse tea

湯番

ゆばん

person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

燗番

かんばん

person in charge of warming sake in a bar

番長

ばんちょう

leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

廃番

はいばん

discontinuation (of a model); discontinued model

一番

いちばん

number one; first; first place

探番

たんばん さぐばん

attributing a sequence number (packet, message, etc.)

非番

ひばん

off duty

山番

やまばん

mountain guardian

角番

かどばん

ozeki-ranked wrestler being in danger of losing his rank if he fails to win 8 or more bouts in a 15-day tournament

番卒

ばんそつ

sentry, guard

地番

ちばん

lot number