いっぽん – Vocabulary details

いっぽん

Noun

1. one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one goal, home run, etc.; one telephone call

もはや指ゆび一いっ本ぽん動うごかせない。I can no longer move even a single finger.

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.

父ちちは仕し事ごと一いっ本ぽんの人ひとだった。My father was a man who lived only for his work.

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っぽん

straight-forwardness; honesty; purity

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)

touché; you've got me there

指ゆびいっぽんも動うごかせない。

I can't move even a single finger.

木きはいっぽんも見みえなかった。

There was not a tree in sight.

歯はのいっぽんが痛いたみます。

One of my teeth hurts.

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