いち

Japanese

Etymology 1

From Old Japanese 市 (ichi). Found in the Kojiki of 712 CE.

Noun

いち • (ichi) 

1. 市: a market, a marketplace
2. 市: a place where a lot of people gather
3. 市: (less commonly) a town, a city

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of いち – see the following entries.

【一】1 [numeral] one, 1 [noun] one, 1 [noun] term relating to the number one: [noun] the first in order, foremost [noun] the beginning [noun] the best [noun] a kind of; one of something [noun] (card games) an ace [noun] unity [noun] the bottom string of a shamisen or other Japanese musical instrument [suffix] the best in …; the most in … [affix] one, 1 [affix] first, foremost [affix] once [affix] best, number one [affix] bunch, bundle [affix] entirely, wholly [affix] certain one [affix] merely, only [proper noun] a surname

【壱】S [numeral] one, 1 (used in legal documents) [affix] Short for 壱岐国 (Iki no kuni, “Iki Province”).

【位置】 [noun] location, position [verb] to be located; to be positioned; to be situated Alternative spelling 位地

【逸】S [prefix] very, excellent

(This term, いち, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.) For a list of all kanji read as いち, see Category:Japanese kanji read as いち.)

(The following entry is uncreated: 位地.)

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Yonaguni

Noun

いち (romaji ichi)

1. 石: stone