Word Meaning 一位

いちい ichii

一位 is read as いちい (ichii) and means Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata).

Meaning

English

  1. Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
  2. units position (of a number)
  3. first place
  4. first rank

Reading

Kana

いちい

Romaji

ichii

Writing Variants

  • 1位 いちい ichii
  • いちい ichii

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 9866 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

正一位

しょういちい

first rank in the hierarchy of the government

一党優位政党制

いっとうゆういせいとうせい

dominant-party system

第一位

だいいちい

first place

三位一体

さんみいったい

the Trinity

一昨日

おととい

day before yesterday

一昨年

いっさくねん

year before last

一段落

いちだんらく

one paragraph

一対一

いちたいいち

one-to-one

一部

いちぶ

one copy (e.g. of a document)

一定

いちじょう

fixed

一定

いってい

fixed

Example Sentences

4

かれはくらすでいちいになった。

He came in first in his class.

In elementary school, I was a prodigy and I was mostly the first or second best student in my class.

What with good fortune, and his own effort, he won the first prize in the contest.

In Olympic competitions, the gold medal represents first place, the silver medal represents second place, and the bronze medal represents third place.