Illustration: At a small ferry landing, one traveler walks up the boarding ramp carrying a backpack and pulling a single suitcase. No companion follows or waits beside them. On the pier behind, a family and a pair of friends stand together with shared luggage, making the lone traveler's situation clear.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

単たん身しん

tanshin

alone, unaccompanied

Example sentences

結果けっかとして息子むすこの高山右近たかやまうこんが単身たんしん、城しろを出でてしまう。
As a result, Tomoteru’s son Ukon TAKAYAMA left the castle alone.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
家出いえでして単身たんしん上京じょうきょう。
He left home and moved to Tokyo by himself.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source
天狗党てんぐとうの乱らんのとき、単身たんしんその偵察ていさつに赴おもむいたといわれる。
In the Rebellion of Tenguto party he reportedly went scouting alone.
KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 単身

単simple; oneOnタンKunひとえ
身somebody; personOnシンKunみ

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