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一身

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 一身.

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Entry

一身っしNounFreq #14042
1

oneself; one's body

Examples
目が見えない看護婦は年寄りの世話をすることに一身を捧げた。
The blind nurse devoted herself to caring for the elderly.

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

one, one radical (no.1)

1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1

On

イチイツ

Kun

ひと-ひと.つ

Nanori

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

somebody, person, one's station in life

7 strokesFrequency 320JLPT N2Grade 3

On

シン

Kun

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