一つ（ひとつ）
JLPT N5 · noun
Pitch accent: nakadaka (middle-high) — pitch drops after mora 2
Meaning: one (thing)
Example sentences
- りんごを一つください。 — Please give me one apple.
- もう一つ質問があります。 — I have one more question.
Idioms & proverbs containing “一つ”
- 馬鹿の一つ覚え (ばかのひとつおぼえ) — one who knows little often repeats it; a fool's one bit of knowledge
- 百日の説法屁一つ (ひゃくにちのせっぽうへひとつ) — single mistake which ruins all one's hard work; one blunder rendering a long period of effort useless; one fart in a hundred days of sermons
- 親の意見と茄子の花は千に一つも無駄はない (おやのいけんとなすびのはなはせんにひとつもむだはない) — always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain
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See it used in real works
- Example sentences from Japanese novels & web fiction (Massif)
- Hear “一つ” pronounced in real videos (YouGlish)