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    3. 単

    単

    単たん

    single

    N1KMT5News #8+1Core ConceptsKanji Vocab9 strokes

    たん

    Prefix

    1.
    single, simple

    Noun

    2.
    singles (tennis, badminton, etc.)
    abbreviation
    3.
    win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
    abbreviation

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    これは単たんなる間ま違ちがいです。

    This is just a simple mistake.

    KMT4Core Concepts
    彼かれは単たん身しん赴ふ任にんで東とう京きょうに住すんでいます。

    He lives in Tokyo on a solo assignment.

    KMT5Daily LifeWork & Career
    単たん語ごを覚おぼえることは語ご学がく学がく習しゅうの基き本ほんです。

    Memorizing vocabulary is fundamental to language learning.

    KMT5Core ConceptsEducation
    テニスの単たん式しき試し合あいは、一ひ人とり対た一いい人ちで戦たたかいます。

    Singles matches in tennis are played one-on-one.

    KMT6Sports & Martial Arts
    この問もん題だいは単たん一いつの原げん因いんではなく、複ふく数すうの要よう因いんが絡からみ合あっている。

    This problem is not due to a single cause, but involves multiple intertwined factors.

    KMT7Core ConceptsScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    単
    ひとえ…(1)
    simple・one・single・merely
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