One - One Thing

Japanese: 一者 - ひとつもの

〘Noun〙① The same person. The same person. ※Genji (c. 1001-14), Otome: "When they both wore the same red color, they shone even more brightly and looked one and the same." ② Someone with no rivals. The one and only. ※Genji (c. 1001-14), Kasuga: "When they prospered in the world and met at times, they were indeed one and the same." ③ Someone who no one pays any attention to. An outcast. ※Kanazoshi, Kabishi (1666), Volume 3: "The people of the time named him Oni Magotaro, and they were one and the same, so no one would take him seriously."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 同じ者。同一人物。※源氏（1001‐14頃）乙女「同じ赤色を著給へれば、いよいよひとつものとかがやきて見えまがはせ給ふ」② 他に競争相手のないもの。唯一絶対の者。※源氏（1001‐14頃）賢木「世に栄え、時にあひ給ひし時は、さる、ひとつものにて」③ 誰も相手にしてくれないもの。仲間はずれ。※仮名草子・伽婢子（1666）三「時の人鬼孫太郎と名付て、ひとつ者にして取合ず」

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