単

Meaning

単 centers on the idea of being uncomplicated or alone: something simple, single, or merely itself without extra parts.

• 簡単かんたん
  N5

  simple; easy; uncomplicated

• 単位たんい
  N3

  unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination

• 単純たんじゅん
  N3

  simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive

• 単にたんに
  N3

  simply; merely; only; solely

• 単なるたんなる
  N3

  mere; simple; sheer

• 単語たんご
  N3

  word; vocabulary

• 単たん

  single; simple

• 単独たんどく
  N1

  sole; single; solo

• 単体たんたい

  simple substance (e.g. chemical)

• 単行たんこう

  going alone; travelling by oneself

• 単発たんぱつ

  firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun

• 単行本たんこうぼん
  N1

  standalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.); (book published as a) single volume

• 単価たんか

  unit price; unit cost

• 単身たんしん
  N1

  alone; by oneself; unaccompanied; unaided; single-handed; without one's family

• 単一たんいつ
  N1

  single; simple; sole; individual; unitary

• 単勝たんしょう

  winning at the races

• 単品たんぴん

  individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article

• 英単語えいたんご

  English word

• 単調たんちょう
  N1

  monotony; monotone; dullness

• 単色たんしょく

  single colour (color); monochrome

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