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いち - ichi



one


Definitions

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     1. Usage: ja-r/multi, data=
     2. Usage: * (ja-r/args, linkto=, rom=-, 一, いち) is always omitted before ja-r/args, 十, じゅう, ten and ja-r/args, 百, ひゃく, hundred, but never before the "myriad scale digit names" including ja-r/args
     3. Usage: * When before (ja-r/args, 千, せん, thousand), ja-r/args, linkto=, rom=-, 一, いち is omitted when ja-r/args, linkto=, rom=-, 千, せん is not directly followed by ja-r/args, linkto=, rom=-, 万, まん
     4. Usage: *: (ja-r/args, 千%百%十%一, せん%ひゃく%じゅう%いち, 1,111)
     5. Usage: *: (ja-r/args, 百%万, ひゃく%まん, 1,000,000)
     6. Usage: *: (ja-r/args, 一%千%万, いっ%せん%まん, 10,000,000)
     7. Usage: *: (ja-r/args, 千%一%万, せん%いち%まん, 10,010,000)
     8. n. one, 1
     9. n. term relating to the number one:
     10. n.    the first in order, foremost
     11. n.    the beginning
     12. n.    the best
     13. n.    a kind of; one of something
     14. n.    (card games) an ace
     15. n. unity
     16. n. the bottom string of a shamisen or other Japanese musical instrument
     17. suffix. the best in …; the most in …
           地球の娯楽は宇宙一! - The entertainments on the earth are the best in the universe!
           世界一かわいいよ。 - It's the cutest in the world.
     18. affix. one, 1
     19. affix. first, foremost
     20. affix. once
     21. affix. best, number one
     22. affix. bunch, bundle
     23. affix. entirely, wholly
     24. affix. certain one
     25. affix. merely, only
     26. n. one
     27. n. the same
     28. affix. one, 1
     29. affix. first, foremost
     30. affix. group
     31. affix. entirely, wholly
     32. affix. other
     33. affix. merely, only
     34. prefix. one, single
     35. prefix. all
     36. prefix. a bit
     37. prefix. a certain time

Example Sentences

「わたしにはちゃんとわかっているのだ。だって私は百匹のねこ、千匹のねこ、百万匹、一億、一兆匹のねこを見てきたんだからねぇ」と、言いました。
    I ought to know, for I've seen hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats and not one was as pretty as this one.
あともう一ヶ月頑張ったら有利に事が運ぶさ。
    If we can just make it through one more month, we'll be sitting pretty.
お金と技術を地球の一カ所から別の場所に移動させるだけでは十分でありません。
    Moving money and technology from one side of the globe to the other is not enough.
この橋はあの橋の一倍半の長さがある。
    This bridge is one and half times as long as that.
これらの袋はとても重いから一度に一袋づつ運べ。
    These bags are very heavy, so carry one bag at a time.



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