いちぶ – Vocabulary details

いちぶ

Meanings

Noun

1. one tenth; one hundredth; one percent; one tenth of a sun; one quarter ryō (an old coin)

Alt. forms

Pitch accent

い

ち

ぶ

Composed of

いち

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

ぶ

one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); one-quarter of a ryō (obsolete unit of currency); thickness; advantageous circumstances; one-tenth of a monme of silver

Used in vocabulary (4 in total)

いちぶきん

ichibukin; Edo-period rectangular gold coin worth a quarter ryō

いちぶぎん

ichibugin; Edo-period rectangular silver coin worth one quarter ryō

いちぶばん

ichibuban; Edo-period rectangular coin (usu. gold) worth a quarter ryō

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Examples (1 in total)

彼かれはいちぶの差さで電でん車しゃに乗のり遅おくれた。