いちぶ
Meanings
Noun
1. one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)
There wasn't the slightest hesitation in his answer.
Pitch accent
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Composed of
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver
Used in vocabulary (4 in total)
(not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of
ichibukin; Edo-period rectangular gold coin worth a quarter ryō
ichibugin; Edo-period rectangular silver coin worth one quarter ryō
Examples (3 in total)
There wasn't the slightest error in the calculations.
There wasn't the slightest hesitation in his answer.
He missed the train by one minute.