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Japanese
| Alternative spelling
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| 單位 (kyūjitai)
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Etymology
From Middle Chinese 單位 (tan hwijH).
Pronunciation
Noun
単位 • (tan'i) ←たんゐ (tan'wi)?
- unit of measure
- unit (an organized group)
- academic credit
- 単位を取得する
- tan'i o shutoku suru
- to get credits
- 単位を落とす
- tan'i o otosu
- to fail a class
Hyponyms
- 長さ (nagasa, “length”)
- 重さ (omosa, “weight”)
- 重量 (jūryō, “weight”)
- 質量 (shitsuryō, “mass”)
- 面積 (menseki, “area”)
- 体積 (taiseki, “volume”)
- 温度 (ondo, “temperature”)
- 時間 (jikan, “time”)
- 明るさ (akarusa, “brightness”)
- 光度 (kōdo, “luminosity”)
References
- 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.