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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)
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On readings
イチイツ
Kun readings
ひと-ひとつ
Variant forms
弌Words with 一
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —一上一下going up and down
- —一大決心momentous (crucial) decision
- —一大旋風great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash
- —一大鉄槌dealing a hard (heavy, crushing) blow (to)
- —一大転機significant turning point
- —一読三嘆a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
- —一読呆然a (single) reading (a perusal) leaves one dumbfounded
- —一日一善doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day
- —一人当千being a match for a thousand
- —一番勝負contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
- —一番太鼓beating of a drum as a signal to announce the opening (beginning) of an event (theatrical performance, festival, etc.)
- —一番弟子the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple
- —一番風呂freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
- —一木一草a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
- —一味同心(people) working together with one mind
- —一夜大尽rags to riches; overnight millionaire
- —一回勝負contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
- —一挙両全killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
- —一高一低rise and fall; frequent fluctuations (of the market price)
- —一刻一刻hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment