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JLPT N4nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いち字じ

ichiji

one character

Example sentences

  1. 祖父そふの名前なまえを一字いちじ貰もらい名付なづけられた。

    He was named using a letter of his grandfather’s name.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  2. また、「太郎たろう、次郎じろう・・・」の前まえに一字いちじをつける場合ばあいも多おおい。

    Often one character is added in front of the names, "Taro, Jiro" and so forth.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

  3. これは、「愛あい」という一字いちじで表あらわされる。

    This function is described as '愛,' in one Chinese character.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 一字

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 字character; letterOnジKunあざ・あざな

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