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Usages of hitotsu
いくつ？ 一つ。ikutsu? hitotsu.
How many? One.
一つ だけ も 答えられません でした。hitotsu dake mo kotaeraremasen deshita.
(He) couldn't even answer one.
この メニュー に は ベジタリアン の 料理 が 一つ しか ない。kono menyuu ni wa bejitarian no ryouri ga hitotsu shika nai.
There's only one vegetarian dish on this menu.
飴 を 一つ ください。ame o hitotsu kudasai.
Please give me one piece of hard candy.
読書 は 私 の 楽しみ の 一つ です。dokusho wa watashi no tanoshimi no hitotsu desu.
Reading is one of my pleasures.
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