Word · 単語
一方
Reading いっぽう
one (esp. of two)
- 1 one (esp. of two), the other, one way, the other way, one direction, the other direction, one side, the other side, one party, the other party
- 2 on the one hand, on the other hand
- 3 whereas, although, but at the same time, meanwhile, in turn
- 4 just keeps, being inclined to ..., tending to be ..., tending to do ..., continuously ..., just keeps on ...ing, only — after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb
N3
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frequency
Not started
Mastered counts as known everywhere (frontier, map, extension) but never appears in the quiz again. New wipes the review history for this item.
例文 · examples
物価は上がる一方だ。
Prices go on rising.
sense 4 · just keeps
一方は知っているが他方は知らない。
I know one of them but not the other.
sense 1 · one (esp. of two)
いっぽう彼の意見はちがっていました。
On the other hand, he had a different opinion.
sense 2 · on the one hand
どちらか一方が出て行くしかないな。
One of us will have to go.
sense 1 · one (esp. of two)
一方は背が高く、もう一方は背が低い。
One is tall and the other is short.
sense 1 · one (esp. of two)