たんい
Meanings
Noun
1. unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination
It was a unit larger than a hundred million.
2. unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; whole
We act with each class as a single unit.
3. credit (in school, university, etc.); point
Because if you don't get the credits here, you won't be able to graduate.
Suffix
4. by the ...; in units of ...; in groups of ...; in amounts of ...; each ...; by ...; every...
as ~で
Pitch accent
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んい
Composed of
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
Used in vocabulary (49 in total)
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
monetary unit; currency unit
base unit (metre, etc.); standard unit
Examples (27 in total)
What are the units of time?
Are your school credits okay?
A centimeter is a unit of length.
Therefore, everyone is desperate to earn credits.
The family is the basic unit of society.
I'm paid by the week.
Rice is sold by the kilogram.
Treatment at the cellular level was necessary.
You can rent a boat by the hour.
I move it slowly, millimeter by millimeter.
How many credits is this course?
Tomatoes are sold by the pound.
Gasoline is sold by the liter.
Apples are sold by the dozen.
They sell land by the acre.
A family is the smallest unit of society.
We act with each class as a single unit.
I don't have enough credits to graduate.
It was a unit larger than a hundred million.
But I don't know the unit used to express the size of the pot.
Perhaps words can be divided into even smaller units.
The figures in this table are shown in thousands.
Intuitively, the basic atomic unit of meaning is a word.
There is a system that allows you to graduate half a year early by obtaining credits.
It is not an opponent that can be defeated by fighting in units of countries or ethnic groups.
The most expensive place in the world per unit area.
Of course, things like the quality and quantity of a person's soul can't be measured in units.