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The Japanese word for one is

いち - ichi


Japanese Definition


one
     1. 形容詞. ひとつの
     2. 形容詞. 一歳の
     3. 名詞. 一人。
     4. 名詞. 一時・
     5. 代名詞.
     6. 代名詞. それ(前出の単数名詞を指す)



Translations for one and their definitions

     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


     1. n. a person, human
     2. n. an individual
           (syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 個人, tr=kojin)
     3. n. mankind, people
           (syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人類, tr=jinrui, 人間, tr2=ningen)
     4. n. character, personality
           (syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人格, tr=jinkaku, 人柄, tr2=hitogara)
     5. n. an average person
           (syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 世人, tr=sejin, yohito)
           (syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 方, tr=kata, 者, tr2=mono)
     6. n. an adult
           (syn-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 大人, tr=otona, 成人, tr2=seijin)
     7. n. someone (gloss-lite, else)
     8. n. Usage: * When scientifically referring to humans, this term is often spelled in katakana, as (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ヒト).
     9. n. Usage: * From (Old Japanese) or w, Middle Japanese development, hito is sometimes shifted to -uto, -udo, -to, -tto, or -do.
     10. n. a personality
     11. n. the role of that person
     12. counter. (n-g-lite, counter for number of people)
     13. affix. man
     14. suffix. person from that group
           アジア人、イギリス人、スペイン人、ドイツ人、アメリカ人、スコットランド人 - an Asian, an Englishman, a Spaniard, a German, an American, a Scot
     15. suffix. person who does the activity of the suffixed word
     16. suffix. Usage: When compounding, makes the accent fall on the 自立拍 immediately before itself. For example:
     17. suffix. Usage: * (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 中国) (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ちゅうごく, ちゅꜜうごく) + m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人 → m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 中国人 (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ちゅうごくじん, ちゅうごくꜜじん)
     18. suffix. Usage: * (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, アメリカ) + m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人 → m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, アメリカ人 (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, アメリカじん, アメリカꜜじん)
     19. suffix. Usage: * (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 朝鮮) (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ちょうせん, ちょうせꜜん) + m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人 → m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 朝鮮人 (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ちょうせんじん, ちょうせꜜんじん; m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ん is a
     20. suffix. Usage: * (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, スペイン, スペꜜイン) + m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人 → m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, スペイン人 (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, スペインじん, スペイꜜンじん; m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ン is a m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 特殊拍, tr
     21. suffix. Usage: * (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ノルウェー, ノルウェꜜー) + m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人 → ノルウェー人 (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ノルウェーじん, ノルウェꜜーじん; m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, ー is a m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 特殊拍, tr=tokushuh
     22. suffix. Usage: There is one notable exception:
     23. suffix. Usage: * (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 日本) (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, にほん, にほꜜん/m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, にっぽん, にっぽꜜん) + m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 人 → m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, 日本人 (m-lite, ja, sc=Jpan, にほんじん, にほんじꜜん/m-li
     24. affix. man
     25. counter. (n-g-lite, counter for number of people)


だれでも
     1. conj. 誰でも: anyone


一つ
     1. n. one thing
           ブラシを一つ買った。 - I bought a brush.



自分
     1. n. oneself
           過去とは違う自分 - a self who is different from the self of the past
           太郎は自分を責めた。 - Taro blamed himself.
     2. n. (first-person pronoun): I, me (often shows the speaker's lower position in a hierarchy than the addressee)
     3. n. (Kansai) you
     4. n. Usage: *



     1. syllable. (ja-kana-def)
     2. part. genitive case marker
     3. part.    indicates possession: of, -'s
             私 の 意見 - my opinion
     4. part.    indicates identity or apposition
             大統領 の ブッシュ氏 - the President, Mr. Bush
             山田 の 馬鹿 野郎! - Yamada, you stupid jerk!
             山田 の 奴 - that dude Yamada
     5. part.    a noun, adverb, or phrase modifier
             数学 の 分野 - the field of mathematics
             緑 の 車 - green car
             全て の 商品 - all goods
             母 へ の 手紙 - letter to mom
     6. part. nominative case marker in a relative or subordinate clause
           眉毛 の 濃い 人 - a man whose eyebrow is thick
     7. part. a sentence ending that indicates emphasis or a question, depending on intonation
           不可能 じゃ ない の? - Isn't it impossible?
           聞いてん の? - Are you listening?
     8. part. Nominalizes an adjective, verb, or phrase
           食べる の が 大好き だ。 - I like eating very much.
     9. part. (literary) (used with bare i-adjective stem)
           懐かしのうた - nostalgic song
           麗しの君 - beautiful you
     10. part. Usage: * In senses 3 and 4
      Usage: *     可能 な の? - Is it possible?
      Usage: *     色 が きれい な の が いい。 - I prefer something with a beautiful color.
     11. part. Usage: * For sense 3, use of の in declarative sentences for emphasis carries a female undertone, as compared with
     12. part. Usage: * の is sometimes weakened into in fixed compounds, such as 桜ん坊 or 飴ん棒.
     13. n. 篦: the shaft of an arrow; (arrow bamboo))
     14. n. 幅, 布: a unit of measurement for cloth breadth, approximately 36 centimeters


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