No. 2,508 in Japanese
単位
"単位" means "unit" or "credit" (e.g., in measurement or academic courses).
In a sentence
私はこの学期で三単位を取得しました。
I earned three credits this semester.
Here, '単位' refers to academic credits that are used to measure student achievements in schools or universities.
距離の単位にはさまざまな種類があります。
There are various types of units for measuring distance.
In this context, '単位' denotes a unit of measurement used in a physical or scientific context.
この会社は、効率を評価するために時間単位での生産量を計算しています。
This company calculates production efficiency based on hourly units.
Here, '単位' represents a unit of time used to standardize measurements for operational analysis.
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “単位” in actual Japanese podcasts.
Find “単位” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays Japanese podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into 日本語, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Japanese books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).