JLPT N1 · な-adjective

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

  1. sole; single; solo · noun taking の, な-adjective
  2. independence; singleness; singularity · noun

Example sentences

不幸は決して単独では来ない。
Misfortunes seldom come singly.

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.

FormJapaneseReading
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.

Source: JMdict entry 1417780 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.