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
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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.
We're also going to buy a bottle of red wine.
I only drink one can of beer a week.
He broke one of the bones in his leg.
There is a bottle of wine on the table.
I have a bottle of beer in my backpack.
She didn't have any pencils.
I have a ball-point pen, but I want another.
He cut down a tree in the garden.
We're one baton short for the relay.
I have a bat and ball.
Tom can eat a banana in three seconds.
This is the only road to the next town.
There's narrow road to the village.
He has two pencils. One is long and the other one is short.
If a tree dies, plant another in its place.
The girl brought me a red and a white rose.