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    3. 一介

    一介

    一いっ介かい

    a mere ...

    KMT10News #38+1Noun, ParticleDaily LifeKanji Vocab5 strokes

    いっかい

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    a mere ..., only a ..., insignificant

    Stroke 0 / 5

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしは一いっ介かいの学がく生せいに過すぎない。

    I am merely a student.

    KMT7Daily LifeCore Concepts
    彼かれは一いっ介かいのサラリーマンだが、大おおきな夢ゆめを持もっている。

    He is just an ordinary office worker, but he has big dreams.

    KMT10Daily LifeWork & Career
    一いっ介かいの市し民みんが政せい治じに影えい響きょうを与あたえるのは難むずかしいことだ。

    It is difficult for a mere citizen to influence politics.

    KMT10Politics & LawDaily Life
    私わたしは一いっ介かいの料りょう理り人にんですが、お客きゃく様さまに喜よろこんでいただきたい。

    I am just a cook, but I want to please my customers.

    KMT10Daily LifeFood & DiningWork & Career
    一いっ介かいの兵へい士しが、歴れき史しを変かえるような功こう績せきを上あげた。

    A mere soldier achieved a feat that changed history.

    KMT10MilitaryHistoryDaily Life

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    介
    jammed in・shellfish・mediate・concern oneself with
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