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 5400
Used in vocabulary (50 in total)
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
one year; some time ago
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
Examples (23 in total)
I couldn't even see one meter in front of me!
She bought a yard of cloth.
A meter is not quite equivalent to a yard.