Tan

単 (Tan) is a Japanese prefix meaning “single, simple, singles (tennis, badminton, etc.), win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)”.

Meanings

  1. prefixsingle; simple
  2. nounsingles (tennis, badminton, etc.)
  3. nounwin bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)

Examples

  • In Japan, almost all roads are single-lane.

Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).

Kanji in 単

simple

Related words

simplesimplemeresimplyunit (e.g. meters, grams, etc.)solewordone layertabitaking up a post away from one's familystandalone book (i.e. not part of an anthology, series, etc.)unit price