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単位 (たんい): credit (for a course in school); unit, denomination — Japanese vocabulary

単位 is read たんい and means "credit (for a course in school); unit, denomination". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

単位

Reading
たんい · tani
Translation
credit (for a course in school); unit, denomination
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
たんいが

Example

ここでは、魚はポンド単位で売られています。

ここでは、さかなはポンドたんいでうられています。

Fish is sold by the pound here.

Kanji in this word

  • 単 — Simple, One, Single
  • 位 — rank, position

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