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Common noun
multiplying by one; original amount
Examples
この橋はあの橋の一倍半の長さがある。
This bridge is one and half times as long as that.
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Adverb (fukushi)
(even) more
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Dated term; Common noun
double; twice (as much); twofold
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an inch ahead; the immediate future
Examples
霧がとても濃かったので、一寸先も見えなかった。
The mist was so dense that I could not see even an inch ahead.
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role (which someone or something plays in a given situation); part; contribution (to a given situation)
Examples
万次郎はこの二国をお互いに親しくするために一役果たしました。
Manjiro played a part in making the two countries friends with each other.
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Buddhism
ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment)
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Numeric
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
Examples
おまえはどうして、百匹のねこ、千匹のねこ、百万匹、一億、一兆匹のねこといっしょに、食べられてしまわなかったのだね。？
How does it happen that you were not eaten up with all those hundreds and trillions of cats?
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single (i.e. unmarried) person; someone alone
Examples
女房の尻にしかれている亭主は、幸せな独り者に話してはじめて、自分の問題を認識することがたびたびだ。
Many times, a hen-pecked husband doesn't know his problems until he talks to a happy bachelor.
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one family
Examples
これらは一家族あるいは一族を表すものである。
These figures are signs of a family or clan.
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shower; rainfall
Examples
この空模様だと、もしかしたら午後にはひと雨降るかもしれません。
From the look of the sky, it may rain in the afternoon.
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making money; making a profit
Examples
彼らは第二次オイルショックで一儲けした。
They cashed in on the second oil crisis.