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SILVER ERA · ことばを、少しずつ。
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単たんに

N3
たんに tanni
  1. simply
  2. merely
  3. only
  4. solely
adverb

Chinese meanings

仅仅;只

Examples

  • 彼かれは単たんに好こう奇き心しんからそれをしただけだ。
    He did it simply out of curiosity.
    他做那件事纯粹是出于好奇。
  • 幸こう福ふくは単たんに富とみにあるのではない。
    Happiness does not consist simply in wealth.
    幸福不单单在于财富。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('28e78ea570'); // 単に
{
  "id": "28e78ea570",
  "word": "単に",
  "reading": "たんに",
  "romaji": "tanni",
  "meanings": [
    "simply",
    "merely",
    "only",
    "solely"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1417030,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "彼は単に好奇心からそれをしただけだ。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{単|たん}に{好奇心|こうきしん}からそれをしただけだ。",
      "en": "He did it simply out of curiosity.",
      "tatoeba_id": 102278
    },
    {
      "ja": "幸福は単に富にあるのではない。",
      "furigana": "{幸福|こうふく}は{単|たん}に{富|とみ}にあるのではない。",
      "en": "Happiness does not consist simply in wealth.",
      "tatoeba_id": 173640
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "b3fc2a7c33b519845ceca11389df21646882b89d124e88e79331f8a44175a753",
    "meanings": [
      "仅仅",
      "只"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "彼は単に好奇心からそれをしただけだ。",
        "zh": "他做那件事纯粹是出于好奇。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "幸福は単に富にあるのではない。",
        "zh": "幸福不单单在于财富。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/28e78ea570",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1417030; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "866fc02f5f83f035de7959d9e9254ad78289af731c4ef5b3349932f03f629efc",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}