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一言

ひとこと

single word, a few words

Mnemonic

One word, which is exactly what you ask the president for when you actually want five minutes. Heel-toe ひと, and the same coat こと as 事: ひとこと.

Built from

one
A single stroke. It doesn't get simpler than this.
say, speech
A mouth with the sound drawn coming out of it.

Words sharing these kanji

(the) most one once instant, for a moment what on earth, what the… once more for the time being, more or less together in one go (one) part number one, first not at all, absolutely nothing

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