イッパツ
Meanings
Noun
1. one shot; one charge; one explosion
2. one blow; one punch
3. home run
Adverb
Noun
4. one try; one attempt
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
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (13 in total)
close call; narrow escape; hair's breadth; narrowly; just in time; by a hair's breadth
turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
Examples (5 in total)
He was killed by a single bullet.
Kunihiko hit the target with his first shot.
Tom received a heavy blow on the head.