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壱
壱
7 strokes
Frequency: 2351
JLPT N1
Grade 8

Meanings

one (in documents)

Readings

On — Chinese-derived reading, usually for compounds
イチ
イツ
Kun — Native Japanese reading, usually for standalone words
ひとつ
Nanori — Specialized readings used in names
い
かず

Common Words

一
１
壱
弌
いち
壹
Freq #594
1

Numeric; Prefix; 壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents

one; 1

Examples
それは壱万円と計算されている。
It is computed at 10,000 yen.
卵を一ダースづつつめなさい。
Pack eggs in dozens.
2

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'; Suffix

best

Examples
これは東京一のインドレストランです。
This is the best Indian restaurant anywhere in Tokyo.
3

Nouns which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

first; foremost

Examples
津山一高い山は滝山だと思っていました。
I thought the highest mountain in Tsuyama was Takiyama.
4

Common noun

beginning; start

5

Noun, used as a prefix; Before a noun

a (single); one (of many)

6

Common noun; Card games

ace

7

Common noun

bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

十一
１１
一一
じゅういち
Freq #6626
1

Numeric

eleven; 11

Examples
私達は全部で十一名です。
We are eleven in all.
2

Common noun; Card games

jack

１００万
百万
１００００００
壱百萬
ひゃくまん
Freq #11561
1

Numeric

1,000,000; one million; million

Examples
太陽は地球の約百万倍の大きさがある。
The sun is about 1,000,000 times as large as the earth.
2

Common noun

many

１０万
十万
１０００００
一〇〇〇〇〇
壱拾萬
拾万
拾萬
じゅうまん
Freq #12888
1

Numeric

100,000; hundred thousand

Examples
あの大名は十万石を領している。
That daimyo holds a fief yielding 100,000 koku of rice.
一万円
壱万円
１万円
いちまんえん
Noun
Freq #27106
1

壱 used in legal documents

10,000 yen

Examples
それは１万円ぐらいするだろう。
It will cost around 10,000 yen.
壱岐
いき
Noun
Freq #59265
1

Historical term

Iki (former province located on Iki Island in present-day Nagasaki Prefecture)

2

Iki (island)

壱越
いちこつ
Noun
Freq #288179
1

Music

fundamental tone in the traditional Japanese 12-tone scale (approx. D)

壱越調
いちこつちょう
いちこちちょう
Noun
Freq #299568
1

Music

ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

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