タンイ
Meanings
Noun
1. unit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.); denomination
2. unit (i.e. one comprised of many); group; whole
3. credit (in school, university, etc.); point
Suffix
4. by the ...; in units of ...; in groups of ...; in amounts of ...; each ...; by ...; every...
as ~で
Pitch accent
タ
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Composed of
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts
Used in vocabulary (48 in total)
monetary unit; currency unit
base unit (metre, etc.); standard unit
astronomical unit; AU
Examples (13 in total)
What are the units of time?
A centimeter is a unit of length.
The family is the basic unit of society.
Rice is sold by the kilogram.
You can rent a boat by the hour.
Tomatoes are sold by the pound.
Gasoline is sold by the liter.
They sell land by the acre.
A family is the smallest unit of society.
I don't have enough credits to graduate.
Apples are sold by the dozen.
The figures in this table are shown in thousands.
Intuitively, the basic atomic unit of meaning is a word.