いちぶ
Meanings
Noun
1. one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
Pitch accent
Composed of
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
ichibukin; Edo-period rectangular gold coin worth a quarter ryō
ichibugin; Edo-period rectangular silver coin worth one quarter ryō
ichibuban; Edo-period rectangular coin (usu. gold) worth a quarter ryō
Examples (1 in total)
He missed the train by one minute.