一いち円えん

noun

one yen

Refers to the one-yen coin or the amount of one yen. The one-yen coin is the smallest denomination of Japanese currency.

• 一いち円えん玉だまは軽かるくて、財さい布ふの中なかでよく迷子まいごになる。

  The one-yen coin is light and often gets lost in my wallet.

• 消しょう費ひ税ぜいのせいで、一いち円えん単たん位いの支し払はらいが増ふえた。

  Because of the consumption tax, payments in one-yen increments have increased.

suffix, adverb

throughout; the whole area

Used as a suffix or adverb to mean 'throughout an area' or 'the whole district'. Often follows a place name or area-denoting noun.

• 関かん東とう一いち円えんに大おお雨あめ警けい報ほうが出でている。

  A heavy rain warning has been issued throughout the Kanto region.

• この辺あたり一いち円えんは、昔むかしは田たんぼだったそうだ。

  I heard that this whole area used to be rice fields.