イチ
Meanings
Numeric
Prefix
1. one; 1
壱, 弌 and 壹 are used in legal documents
Adjective (の)
Suffix
2. best
Adjective (の)
3. first; foremost
Noun
4. beginning; start
5. a (single); one (of many)
before a noun
6. ace (playing card)
7. bottom string (on a shamisen, etc.)
Pitch accent
Top 20500
Used in vocabulary (288 in total)
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
losing easily; being trounced; being beaten hands down
being once divorced; one-time divorcee; (lit.) one x mark (i.e. one name struck from the family register)
Examples (20 in total)
This is the best Indian restaurant anywhere in Tokyo.
Go along this street for a mile.
One-third is less than one-half.