一方通行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一 方 通 行
いつ > いっ
Grade: 1 		ほう > ぽう
Grade: 2 		つう
Grade: 2 		こう
Grade: 2
on'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 一方(いっぽう) (ippō, “one-way”) + 通行(つうこう) (tsūkō, “passage”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) いっぽーつうこー [ìppóó tsúꜜùkòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ip̚po̞ː t͡sɨːko̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)方(ぽう)通(つう)行(こう) • (ippō tsūkō) ←いつぱうつうかう (itupautuukau)?

  1. a one-way street
    Synonyms: 一方交通 (ippō kōtsū), ワンウエー (wan-uē)
  2. (by extension) a one-way transmission especially one without a reverse transmission in exchange

See also

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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