いっぽん
Meanings
Noun
1. one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one goal, home run, etc.; one telephone call
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.
My father was a man who lived only for his work.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (23 in total)
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
winning by an ippon; winning by a point
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
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
finger; one's finger
monotone; monotonous; dull; lacking variety
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
long stool (that one is able to press out entirely in one go without it getting cut off); (long) sausage-shaped poop; grogan
relying on one's own resources; being entirely on one's own
single-rate tariff (system)
livid pinkgill (species of poisonous mushroom, Entoloma sinuatum)
Examples (44 in total)
I can't move even a single finger.
There was not a tree in sight.
One of my teeth hurts.