たん
Meanings
Noun
1. unit; denomination
2. credit (in school)
Suffix
3. in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
Kanji used
single
rank
Pitch accent
んい
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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 (51 in total)
to fail to earn a credit; to fail to make the grade
monetary unit; currency unit
base unit (metre, etc.); standard unit
astronomical unit; AU
per unit time; rate per unit of time
coursework completed without degree; withdrawal from a course having completed the coursework
identity element; neutral element
source module; compilation unit
economic unit (entity involved in economic activity, e.g. households, businesses, nations); economic unit (measurement of economic activity)
collating (printing)
point system; credit system
International System of Units; SI
prefixed unit of measurement (i.e. millimeter, kilogram, etc.); supplementary SI unit (radian and steradian)
lexical unit; lexical token
identity matrix; unit matrix
local labor union; local labour union
derived unit (i.e. metre per second, cubic metre, etc.)
derived unit (i.e. metre per second, cubic metre, etc.)
derived unit (i.e. metre per second, cubic metre, etc.)
local labor union; local labour union
advanced standing (in school or college); credit for prior studies
electrostatic unit; esu
per-connection; by connection
module; program unit
output level (e.g. in manufacturing); consumption rate (e.g. fuel, power); intensity
electromagnetic unit; emu
derived unit (i.e. metre per second, cubic metre, etc.)
Examples (13 in total)
What are the units of time?
A centimeter is a unit of length.
The family is the basic unit of society.