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一つ(ひとつ)— one (general counter)


I’ll buy one piece of bread.


one (general counter)

accent [2]

In detail

Words

panbread
o(object marker)
hitotsuone item
kaimasubuy (polite)

Kanji

one

is read and counts one item. The ~ series works for many things, but Japanese also has more specific counters; it is not a replacement for every counter.

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