いちい – Vocabulary details

いちい

Adjective (の)

Noun

1. first place; first rank; unit's position

when read as "いちい"

Noun

Usually written in kana

2. Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)

usu. イチイ, also 櫟

い

ちい

one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start

rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

first rank in the hierarchy of the government; highest rank given to a shrine

first place

yew (Taxus baccata); English yew; European yew

みんなが驚おどろいたことに、マイクはスピーチコンテストでいちいを取とった。

To everyone's astonishment, Mike won first prize in the speech contest.

彼かれの運うんの良よさや自じ身しんの努ど力りょくで、コンテストではいちいを獲かく得とくした。

What with good fortune, and his own effort, he won the first prize in the contest.

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