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    3. 一子

    一子

    一いっ子し

    one child

    KMT9News #37+1NounFamily & RelationshipsKanji Vocab4 strokes

    いっし

    Noun

    1.
    one child
    2.
    only child
    3.
    one of several children (esp. the son and heir)
    4.
    one stone
    go

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    Speed1.0x

    彼かれには一いっ子しがいる。

    He has one child.

    KMT7Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    彼かれは家か業ぎょうを継つぐ一いっ子しとして育そだてられた。

    He was raised as the only child (heir) to inherit the family business.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsWork & Career
    その武ぶ士しは、一いっ子し相そう伝でんの剣けん術じゅつを息むす子こに伝つたえた。

    That samurai passed down the sword technique, which is transmitted from father to one child, to his son.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsHistorySports & Martial Arts
    彼かの女じょは一いっ子しをもうけ、幸しあわせな家か庭ていを築きずいた。

    She had one child and built a happy family.

    KMT9Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    囲い碁ごでは、一いっ子しを置おく場ば所しょが勝しょう敗はいを分わけることもある。

    In Go, the placement of a single stone can sometimes decide victory or defeat.

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    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    子
    こ・-こ・ね…(9)
    child・sign of the rat・11PM-1AM・first sign of Chinese zodiac
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