単独 (tandoku)
単独 (たんどく, tandoku) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “sole; single”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たんどく
- Romaji
- tandoku
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- sole; single; solo · noun taking の, な-adjective
- independence; singleness; singularity · noun
Example sentences
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 単独
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 単独だ | たんどくだ tandokuda |
| Present (polite) | 単独です | たんどくです tandokudesu |
| Negative | 単独じゃない | たんどくじゃない tandokujanai |
| Past | 単独だった | たんどくだった tandokudatta |
| Negative past | 単独じゃなかった | たんどくじゃなかった tandokujanakatta |
| Te-form | 単独で | たんどくで tandokude |
| Before a noun | 単独な | たんどくな tandokuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 単独に | たんどくに tandokuni |
Kanji in 単独
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 単独.
簡単かんたんsimple単位たんいunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.)単語たんごword単純たんじゅんsimple単にたんにsimply単なるたんなるmere単数たんすうsingle単一たんいつsingle単調たんちょうmonotony独身どくしんunmarried独特どくとくpeculiarity独立どくりつindependence独りひとりone person独り言ひとりごとsoliloquy
Source: JMdict entry 1417780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.