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hitori
noun, adverb

Alternate Written Forms:

[ひと()·()]
hitori
[ひと()·()]
hitori
[ひと()·]
hitori
ichinin
[いち()·にん()]
ichinin
[いち()·にん()]
ichinin

English Meaning(s) for ひとり

noun
  1. one person (esp. 一人, 1人)
  2. being alone; being by oneself
  3. being single; being unmarried (esp. 独り)
adverb
  1. by oneself; alone
  2. just; only; simply (with neg. sentence)

Definition and Synonyms for ひとり

Just and nothing more
Synonyms: ただ, ただに, たった, ひとり, ただただ, 僅々, 単に, 唯々, 高々
Alone without any others being included or involved
Synonyms: ただ, ただに, ひとり, ただただ, ひとえに, もっぱら, 一に, 単に, 唯々
Singly one by one
Synonyms: ひとり
Alone without anybody else or anything else
Synonyms: ひとり, ポツリ, つくねんと, 単独
Singly one at a time
Synonyms: ひとり

Stroke Order Diagrams for ひとり

Sample Sentences for ひとり

Long, long ago, there lived an old man in a village.
Good. No absentees.
One of my cousins is married to a novelist.
In truth, the very simple reason why this incident did not appear in the newspapers is that, outside of a single witness, no one knew about it.
I see a girl standing under that tree.

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Also mean "alone". Important.

#1 Posted by shameness over 6 years ago


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