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    3. 単数

    単数

    単たん数すう

    single

    N2KMT7CoreCore ConceptsScience & MathKanji Vocab22 strokes

    たんすう

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    single, one

    Noun

    2.
    singular (number)
    grammar

    Stroke 0 / 22

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    この単たん語ごは単たん数すう形けいですか、それとも複ふく数すう形けいですか。

    Is this word singular or plural?

    KMT6Core ConceptsEducation
    英えい語ごでは、名めい詞しの単たん数すう形けいと複ふく数すう形けいを区く別べつする。

    In English, singular and plural forms of nouns are distinguished.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation
    文ぶん法ぽうを学まなぶ上うえで、単たん数すうと複ふく数すうの概がい念ねんを理り解かいすることは重じゅう要ようだ。

    When learning grammar, it is important to understand the concepts of singular and plural.

    KMT7Core ConceptsEducation
    日に本ほん語ごには、英えい語ごのような厳げん密みつな単たん数すう・複ふく数すう形けいの区く別べつがない。

    Japanese does not have a strict distinction between singular and plural forms like English.

    KMT8Core ConceptsEducation
    生せい物ぶつ学がくでは、単たん数すう細さい胞ぼう生せい物ぶつと多た細さい胞ぼう生せい物ぶつという分ぶん類るいがある。

    In biology, there is a classification of single-celled organisms and multicellular organisms.

    KMT8Science & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    単
    ひとえ…(1)
    simple・one・single・merely
    数
    かず・かぞ.える・しばしば・せ.める・わずらわ.しい…(6)
    number・strength・fate・law・figures
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