Illustration: At a neighborhood music gathering in a Japanese community hall, one guitarist performs alone on the small raised stage. Their acoustic guitar rests against one knee, a foot keeps time, and their open mouth shows they are also singing.

JLPT N1no-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

単たん独どく

tandoku

solo, single

Example sentences

さまざまな艱難辛苦かんなんしんくを乗のり越こえ、彼かれは南極大陸なんきょくたいりく単独たんどく横断おうだんを成なし遂とげた。
He overcame all sorts of hardship and setbacks to succeed in a solo crossing of Antarctica.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
単独たんどくで太平洋たいへいようを航海こうかいするのは勇気ゆうきを要ようした。
It took courage to sail across the Pacific single-handed.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
単独たんどくでその崖がけを登のぼるのは大胆だいたんな行為こういだ。
Climbing the cliff alone is a bold deed.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 単独

単simple; oneOnタンKunひとえ
独single; aloneOnドク・トクKunひとり

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