一位 – Vocabulary details

一いち位い

Meanings

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. first place; first rank; unit's position

when read as "いちい"

Noun

Usually written in kana

2. Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

usu. イチイ, also 櫟

Alt. forms

Kanji used

一

one

位

rank

Pitch accent

い

ちい

Used in: 815

Composed of

一いち

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

位い

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

第だい一いち位い

first place

正しょう一いち位い

first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine

ヨーロッパ一いち位い

yew (Taxus baccata); English yew; European yew

欧羅ヨーロッ巴パ一いち位い

yew (Taxus baccata); English yew; European yew

Examples (2 in total)

みんなが驚おどろいたことに、マイクはスピーチコンテストで一いち位いを取とった。

To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest.

彼かれの運うんの良よさや自じ身しんの努ど力りょくで、コンテストでは一いち位いを獲かく得とくした。

What with good fortune, and his own effort, he won the first prize in the contest.