Illustration: In an elementary classroom, a child measures the length of a low shelf by placing identical wooden blocks end to end along its front edge. Each block touches the next without a gap, and the final space is exactly one block long.

JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

単たん位い

tan'i

unit of measurement

Example sentences

  1. ダース単位たんいで卵たまごを買かう。

    We buy eggs by the dozen.

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  2. ここでは、魚さかなはポンド単位たんいで売うられています。

    Fish is sold by the pound here.

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  3. 時間じかんの単位たんいは何なにか。

    What are the units of time?

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Kanji in 単位

  • 単simple; oneOnタンKunひとえ
  • 位rank; gradeOnイKunくらい・ぐらい

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