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Dai-ichi (第一) is a
compoundmodifier phrase of
Japanese origin, meaning number one,[1] or first. In
kanji, "dai" ("number") is 第[2] and "ichi" ("one") is 一.[3] "Dai" is also defined "
ordinal number marker."[2] 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, hence capitalized; also Dai-Ichi and occasionally Dai Ichi. There is a sound-alike common first name with different spelling.
Dai-ichi Life 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)
Morioka Dai-ichi High School, a.k.a.
Morioka First High School (盛岡第一高等学校) – is a public university preparatory high school in Morioka city, Iwate, Japan
Daiichi Sankyo (第一三共株式会社) (Dai and ichi are the first and second characters) – a Japan-based major pharmaceutical company
Dai-ichi 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
Fukushima Daini Nuclear Power Plant, 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"