1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
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.
Kanji used
book
Pitch accent
い
っぽん
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Used in vocabulary (1 in total)
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
Examples (19 in total)
One of the tires was flat.
I have a bottle of whiskey.
I only ate one granola bar.