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単に (たんに): simply, merely — Japanese vocabulary

単に is read たんに and means "simply, merely". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

単に

Reading
たんに · tanni
Translation
simply, merely
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
たんにが

Example

教育は単に多くの事実を学ぶことにあるのではない。

きょういくはたんにおおくのじじつをまなぶことにあるのではない。

Education does not consist simply in learning a lot of facts.

Kanji in this word

  • 単 — Simple, One, Single

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