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Grade 4JLPT N3

simple, one, single, merely

9 strokes · frequency rank #586

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タン
Kun
ひとえ

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Common words

  1. かんたんsimple; easy; uncomplicated1
    • Playing tennis is easy for me.

    • It was easy to answer.

    • Lead bends easily.

  2. たんいunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination2
    • How many credits is this course?

    • Fish is sold by the pound here.

    • What are the units of time?

  3. たんどくsole; single; solo3
    • Misfortunes seldom come singly.

    • Misfortune never come single.

    • Climbing the cliff alone is a bold deed.

  4. たんじゅんsimple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward4
    • His story was simplicity itself.

    • This problem is too simple.

    • She is as simple as a child.

  5. たんにsimply; merely; only; solely5
    • He did it simply out of curiosity.

    • Happiness does not consist simply in wealth.

    • He said it merely as a joke.

  6. たんなるmere; simple; sheer6
    • I think it is a mere coincidence.

    • It's merely a joke.

    • It was simply an oversight.

  7. たんしんalone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided7
  8. たんsingle; simple8
    • In Japan, almost all roads are single-lane.

  9. たんいつsingle; simple; sole; individual9
    • The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.

    • Conformity is an essential element of our homogeneous community.

  10. たんかunit price; unit cost10
    • Can you please send ten $15 flashlights immediately?

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