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#594
Common N5
Pitch accent
Meaning
  1. 1
    English · JMdict
    one person
    esp. 一人, 1
    I have one brother.
  2. 2
    English · JMdict
    being alone; being by oneself
    Jim awoke and found himself alone in the room.
  3. 3
    English · JMdict
    being single; being unmarried
    esp. 独り
  4. 4
    English · JMdict
    by oneself; alone
    The moment that he was alone he opened the letter.
  5. 5
    English · JMdict
    just; only; simply
    with neg. sentence
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It's because you don't want to be alone.
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Every person who is alone is alone because they are afraid of others.
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One month since entering high school ... not a single friend yet. That's really terrible, at this rate it will be middle-school all over again!!
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Since my brother died suddenly two years ago, my sister-in-law has valiantly kept going the small jewellery store he left her.
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The sun had barely risen at the foot of the mountain when she set out alone up the slope.
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An old man lay dead on the road.
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In my social studies class, for example, there are often discussions that include the teacher as another member of the group.
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My parents are away on a trip and I'm alone in our house.
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