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    3. 一物

    一物

    一いち物もつ

    one thing

    KMT10News #40+1NounCore ConceptsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    いちもつイチモツ

    Noun

    1.
    one thing, one article
    2.
    ulterior motive, secret intention, secret scheme, plot
    3.
    penis
    euphemisticword usually written using kana alone
    4.
    money
    euphemistic

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    彼かれは何なにか一いち物もつあるようだった。

    He seemed to have some ulterior motive.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    彼かれの提てい案あんには一いち物もつあるに違ちがいない。

    There must be some ulterior motive behind his proposal.

    KMT10Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    表ひょう面めん上じょうは友ゆう好こう的てきだが、その裏うらには一いち物もつ隠かくされている可か能のう性せいがあった。

    On the surface, it was friendly, but there was a possibility that an ulterior motive was hidden behind it.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    交こう渉しょうの際さい、相あい手てが一いち物もつを持もっているのではないかと警けい戒かいした。

    During negotiations, I was wary that the other party might have an ulterior motive.

    KMT10Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    物ものが語たりの主しゅ人じん公こうは、常つねに心こころに一いち物もつを抱かかえていた。

    The protagonist of the story always harbored a secret intention in their heart.

    KMT10LiteratureEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    物
    もの・もの-…(2)
    thing・object・matter
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