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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
- —一将功成って万骨枯るthousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry
- —一都一道二府四十三県one metropolis (Tokyo), one "circuit" (Hokkaido), two urban prefectures (Osaka and Kyoto) and 43 prefectures proper; prefectures of Japan
- —ミラーレス一眼カメラmirrorless camera; mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera
- —衆目の一致するところsomething that is widely agreed; something that is universally acknowledged; something for which there is a broad consensus
- —一風も二風も変わったrather eccentric; more than a little unconventional; quite out of the ordinary
- —デジタル一眼レフカメラdigital single-lens reflex camera; DSLR camera
- —ＥＵ一般データ保護規則General Data Protection Regulation (EU, 2018); GDPR
- —精神一到何事か成らざらんwhere there is a will, there is a way
- —一寸の光陰軽んずべからずthere isn't a moment to be wasted; every moment is precious; make hay while the sun shines
- —千金の裘は一狐の腋に非ずto rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox
- —コリントの信徒への手紙一First Epistle to the Corinthians (book of the Bible)
- —ローマは一日にして成らずRome was not built in a day
- —一銭を笑う者は一銭に泣くtake care of the penny; he who makes fun of one sen will cry at one sen
- —盆と正月が一緒に来たようas if Christmas and one's birthday had come at the same time; as if Lady Luck had just visited twice; as if the Bon Festival and New Year had come at the same time; as if the two busiest days of the year had come at the same time
- —一円を笑う者は一円に泣くtake care of the penny; he who makes fun of one yen will cry at one yen
- —一葉落ちて天下の秋を知るa straw will show which way the wind blows; a falling leaf shows that autumn has come
- —テサロニケの信徒への手紙一First Epistle to the Thessalonians (book of the Bible)
- —一次群速度インターフェースprimary rate interface; PRI
- —二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ずif you run after two hares you will catch neither
- —一点一画もおろそかにしないalways dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious