Re: I came in late.

"From Http://Members.Aol.Com/Lassailly/Tunuframe.Html" wrote:
> is "in first place" a superlative ? is it inherent to the adjective ?
It sounds to me like _ichiban_ is equivalent to _most_, the only
difference being that _most_ has no literal meaning, while _ichiban_
does.

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