Illustration: At a neighborhood stationery shop, a child presents one long, unsharpened pencil horizontally across both open palms. The pencil is isolated against the clear counter, with its full slender shape visible. The shopkeeper holds out a small paper sleeve just long enough to receive it.

JLPT N5nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ本ぽん

ippon

one long or thin thing

Counts bottles, pencils and other long objects. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. コーラが一本いっぽん欲ほしい。

    I want a bottle of Coca-Cola.

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  2. チョークを一本いっぽん下ください。

    Give me a piece of chalk.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 歯はの一本いっぽんが痛いたみます。

    One of my teeth hurts.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一本

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 本book; presentOnホンKunもと

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