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I see this form often in manga book indexes. My dictonary gives me ダイ and テイ
as possible readings for the first kanji, and I'm also not sure if the number
should be read as a counter (like 一つ is read ひとつ and not いちつ). How should I
read those?
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kanji readings counters
What is the correct way to read chapter numbers? (e.g.: 第1話)
The ordinal prefix 第 is read だい. This is [sense two in
大辞泉](http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/leaf/jn2/132400/m0u/%E7%AC%AC/):

> ［接頭］数を表す語に付いて、ものの順序を表すのに用いる。「世界―一の都会」「―五巻」「―三レース」「―六感」

The counter 話 is read わ, and [it attaches to Sino-Japanese numerals such as
いち](http://www.trussel.com/jcount.htm).

Put it all together and you get だいいちわ.
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