いち
Meanings
Numeric
Prefix
1. one; 1
壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents
Adjective (の)
Suffix
2. best
Adjective (の)
3. first; foremost
Noun
4. beginning; start
5. a (single); one (of many)
before a noun
6. ace (playing card)
7. bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
Pitch accent
Top 10100
Used in vocabulary (290 in total)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
number one; first; best; most; game; round
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
Examples (20 in total)
This is the best Indian restaurant anywhere in Tokyo.
Go along this street for a mile.
One-third is less than one-half.
The shopping center is one mile ahead.
History is a branch of the humanities.
She is a friend of my wife's.
Wealth may be a factor of happiness.
Lightning is an electrical phenomenon.
Anyway, three against one is unfair.
We bought a pound of tea.
A cubic meter corresponds to 1000 liters.
There's only one store that sells this book.
Life is like a game of chess.
Why did Tom buy another car?
It was named after Frankfurt, a German city.
As far as I know, there were no problems during the first semester.
The bus fare here is 90 yen a section.
This machine makes 100 copies a minute.
One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.
Zero, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.