1.
order of numbers; numerical order; in number order
The arrangement of items, people, or documents according to their assigned number, typically ascending. Used for calling patients at clinics, processing applications, seating students, and organizing files.
番号順に並ぶ。
Line up in number order.
受付番号順にお呼びします。
We will call you in order of your reception number.
書類を番号順に並べてファイルに綴じた。
I arranged the documents in number order and put them into a file.
出席番号順に答えてもらいますので、前の人の答えもよく聞いてください。
I'll have you answer in order of attendance number, so please listen carefully to the previous person's answer as well.
Formed from 番号 (number) + 順 (order, sequence). A highly practical everyday word used wherever numbered tickets, IDs, or slots are involved.
USAGE:
- Frequently heard at hospitals, banks, city offices, and restaurants where numbered tickets or reservations are used.
- Commonly appears with 並ぶ (to line up), 呼ぶ (to call), 並べる (to arrange), and 処理する (to process).
- In Japanese schools, students are often assigned an 出席番号 (attendance number), and teachers may call on them in 番号順.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 番号順に並ぶ: to line up in number order
- 番号順にお呼びする: to call (people) in number order
- 番号順に処理する: to process in number order
- 出席番号順: in order of attendance number
- 受付番号順: in order of reception number
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 五十音順: Japanese syllabary order — the traditional way of sorting Japanese names and words
- アルファベット順: alphabetical order
- 到着順: order of arrival
- 受付順: order of reception (first come, first served)
- 年齢順: order by age