What does ~番目 mean?
~番目 is a Japanese counter meaning “ordinal suffix (~th)” in English. It is written as ~番目 in kanji, ~ばんめ in hiragana, and ~banme in romaji. This word is part of JLPT N4 vocabulary.
NoteSuffix for position in order (三番目 = third, 二番目 = second).
Example sentences
前から三番目の席に座った。
I sat in the third seat from the front.
彼は兄弟の二番目だ。
He's the second of the siblings.