JLPT N5 vocabulary

一meaning and reading

Reading and pitch accent

いち2Odaka · falls after

Meaning

  1. one, 1
  2. best (suffix)
  3. first, foremost
  4. beginning, start
  5. a single, one (of many, before a noun)
  6. ace (cards)
  7. bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)

Example sentences

  1. 疲れつかのあまり、一いち歩ほも歩けあるなかった。

    I was so tired that I couldn't take a single step.

  2. うちの親おやときたら、小遣いこづかなんか一いち円えんもくれないぜ。

    When it comes to my own parents, they won't even give me a single yen of spending money.

  3. 彼女かのじょは自分じぶんが学校がっこう一いちの美人びじんだと言っいてはばからない。

    She doesn't hesitate to say that she's the most beautiful person in the school.