I Love Kanji単一 (tanitsu)
単一 (たんいつ, tanitsu) is a Japanese な-adjective meaning “single; simple”. It appears in JLPT N1 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.
- Reading
- たんいつ
- Romaji
- tanitsu
- Word class
- な-adjective
- Level
- JLPT N1 (unofficial)
Meaning
- single; simple; sole; individual; unitary · な-adjective, noun taking の, noun
Example sentences
ねじ、てこ、くさび、滑車などは単一機械と呼ばれる。
The screw, the lever, the wedge, the pulley, etc. are called simple machines.
Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.
Conjugation of 単一
な-adjective. Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.
| Form | Japanese | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Present (plain) | 単一だ | たんいつだ tanitsuda |
| Present (polite) | 単一です | たんいつです tanitsudesu |
| Negative | 単一じゃない | たんいつじゃない tanitsujanai |
| Past | 単一だった | たんいつだった tanitsudatta |
| Negative past | 単一じゃなかった | たんいつじゃなかった tanitsujanakatta |
| Te-form | 単一で | たんいつで tanitsude |
| Before a noun | 単一な | たんいつな tanitsuna |
| Adverb (~ni) | 単一に | たんいつに tanitsuni |
Kanji in 単一
Related words
Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 単一.
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単調たんちょうmonotony単独たんどくsole一いちone一日いちにちone day一番いちばんnumber one一緒いっしょ(doing) together一日ついたちfirst day of the month
Source: JMdict entry 1417100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.