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一 kanji
one, one radical (no.1)
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 1
- School grade
- Grade 1 (elementary school)
On readings
イチイツ
Kun readings
ひと-ひとつ
Variant forms
弌Words with 一
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —一本調子monotone; monotonous; dull; lacking variety
- —一本釣りfishing with a pole
- —一本立ちindependence
- —一枚看板leading player; prima donna; box-office star; best item one has (to show); one's sole Sunday best; one's single area of expertise
- —一網打尽round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
- —一目散にat full speed; as fast as one's legs can carry one
- —一目瞭然obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
- —一問一答answering question by question
- —一夜乞食riches to rags; person turned into a beggar overnight
- —一夜造りbuilt in a night; stopgap; hastily written
- —一夜漬けlast-minute cramming; overnight cramming; (vegetables) pickled just overnight
- —一利一害advantages and disadvantages; gain some, lose some
- —一律減反reduction in area of rice under cultivation
- —一蓮托生sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
- —一六銀行pawnshop
- —一六勝負gambling on whether the throw of a die will produce a "one" or a "six"; gambling with dice; gambling; (a) risk; gamble; venture; hazardous attempt
- —一瀉千里one swift effort; rush through one's work; fast-talking, writing, etc.
- —一顰一笑one's mood; one's caprice; a smile or a frown
- —開口一番at the very beginning of one's speech; immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak); before anything else; first of all
- —乾坤一擲stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task