一つ(ひとつ)— one (general counter)
パン を 一つ 買います。
I’ll buy one piece of bread.
一つひとつ
one (general counter)
ひとつ
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Words
パンpanbread
をo(object marker)
一つhitotsuone item
買いますkaimasubuy (polite)
Kanji
一イチ・ イツ・ ひと(つ)one
一つ is read ひとつ and counts one item. The ~つ series works for many things, but Japanese also has more specific counters; it is not a replacement for every counter.
Coco-sensei
