一円

いちえん
Frequency:
1

One yen (the Japanese currency unit, ¥1).

Noun

Examples

財布の中に一円玉が一枚だけ入っていた。

There was only one one-yen coin in my wallet.

お釣りで一円玉を受け取った。

I received a one-yen coin as change.

価格は端数を切り捨てて一円単位にした。

The price was rounded down to the nearest one yen.

2

Used adverbially/suffixally as 'throughout' or 'all over' an area (e.g., 町一円 = throughout the town).

SuffixAdverb

Examples

台風で市内一円の停電が起きた。

The typhoon caused power outages throughout the city.

山の一円が霧に包まれていた。

The entire mountain area was shrouded in fog.

その噂は村一円に広がった。

The rumor spread throughout the village.

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