Word Meaning 単身

たんしん tanshin

単身 is read as たんしん (tanshin) and means alone.

Meaning

English

  1. alone
  2. unaided
  3. away from home

Reading

Kana

たんしん

Romaji

tanshin

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 16 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 4 Kanken 7級 Rank 11290 Priority B

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

単身世帯

たんしんせたい

single-person household

単身者

たんしんしゃ

unmarried person

単身赴任

たんしんふにん

(intra-company) job transfer away from one's family

単身銃

たんしんじゅう

single-barreled gun

単純

たんじゅん

simple

単線

たんせん

single track (railway)

単純化

たんじゅんか

simplification

単純平均

たんじゅんへいきん

simple average

単複

たんぷく

simplicity and complexity

単一争点政党

たんいつそうてんせいとう

single-issue party

単一型集合型

たんいつがたしゅうごうがた

set-of type

単線式回線

たんせんしきかいせん

single-wire line

Example Sentences

2

かのじょはたんしんでとうきょうにでてきた。

She came to Tokyo by herself.

It was a meaningful experience for me to get a small taste of the loneliness people feel when they've made the now-popular decision to leave their families and work elsewhere.