一いっ本ぽん
Meanings
Noun
1. one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one goal, home run, etc.; one telephone call
2. one version
3. one book; a certain book
4. ippon; one point; a blow
5. geisha
Suffix
6. single-minded focus on ...
after a noun; usu. as ...~で, ...~に, etc.
Kanji used
one
book
Pitch accent
い
っぽん
Top 1400
Used in vocabulary (25 in total)
direct unforked road; straight path
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.); to one-up (someone); to defeat (in an argument); to score (against someone)
single standard; single base; single-feature show
single-minded (esp. personality or person); one-track mind
solitary pine tree
one-armed shoulder throw (judo or sumo)
unification; centralization; integration; drawing things together; working out a common policy; consolidation
solitary Japanese cedar
monotone; monotonous; dull; lacking variety
finger; one's finger
to score an ippon; to score a full point (in judo, kendo, etc.); to one-up (someone); to defeat (in an argument); to score (against someone)
straight-forwardness; honesty; purity
sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; one's sole talent; one's only forte
touché; you've got me there
winning by an ippon; winning by a point
sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; one's sole talent; one's only forte
one-legged batting stance; raised-foot stance; flamingo stance
unibrow; monobrow
relying on one's own resources; being entirely on one's own
long stool (that one is able to press out entirely in one go without it getting cut off); (long) sausage-shaped poop; grogan
livid pinkgill (species of poisonous mushroom, Entoloma sinuatum)
Examples (24 in total)
There was not a tree in sight.
One of my teeth hurts.
Bring me a bottle of beer.