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いっぱつ
Meanings
Noun
1. one shot; one charge; one explosion
I've only got one bullet.
2. one blow; one punch
One punch was all I could manage, you know.
3. home run
Adverb
Noun
4. one try; one attempt
If you nail it in one shot at that moment, it would be cool, wouldn't it?
Noun
Mahjong
5. win on the first go-around after calling rīchi
6. ippatsu (comp. karuta); taking a card which is read immediately after sending it
Alt. forms
一いっ発ぱつ
89%
１いっ発ぱつ
9%
いっぱつ
Pitch accent
い
っぱつ
い
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Used in: 71
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
to have sex; to bang someone
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
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Examples (15 in total)
For starters, let me punch you once.
One punch was all I could manage, you know.
He was killed by a single bullet.
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