Meaning of 一人 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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一人, 独り, １人JLPT 5
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Kana Readingひとり, いちにん
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Romajihitori, ichinin
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- one person
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- Parts of speech
- Meaning
- alone; unmarried; solitary
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Example Sentences
一人, 独り, １人, ひとり, いちにん used in context
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How brave of you to go alone into the primaeval forest!
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入学して１か月・・・まだ一人も友達がいないってのはやばすぎる。このままじゃ中学の二の舞だ！！
One month since entering high school ... not a single friend yet. That's really terrible, at this rate it will be middle-school all over again!!
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兄が急逝したのは２年前、義姉は一人兄の遺した小さな宝飾店を健気に守ってきた。
Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.
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The sun had barely risen at the foot of the mountain when she set out alone up the slope.
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一人はみんなの為に、みんなは一人の為に。それがチームプレイだ。
All for one, and one for all. That's team play.
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一人はみんなの為に、みんなは一人の為に。それがチームプレイだ。
All for one, and one for all. That's team play.
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