ヒトツブ – Vocabulary details

ヒトツブ

Noun

1. one grain; one drop; one bead

どうしてだろう、涙なみだは一ひと粒つぶも流ながれなかった。I wonder why. Not a single tear fell.

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one; one

counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops

getting two pleasures from one thing; two benefits for the price of one; having one's cake and eating it too; delicious in two ways at once

careful selection

どうしてだろう、涙なみだはひとつぶヒトツブも流ながれなかった。

I wonder why. Not a single tear fell.

私わたしたちは米こめひとつぶヒトツブでさえ無む駄だにしてはいけません。

We shouldn't waste even one grain of rice.

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