一方

いっぽう
(1) on the other hand, (2) meanwhile, (3) only

Reading

Readingいっぽう
N3 VocabJLPT N3
Kanji一方

Meanings

  1. (1) on the other hand
  2. (2) meanwhile
  3. (3) only
  4. simple
  5. in turn
  1. one (esp. of two)n.
  2. the other
  3. one way
  4. the other way
  5. one direction
  6. the other direction
  7. one side
  8. the other side
  9. one party
  10. the other party
  11. on the one handconj.
  12. on the other hand
  13. whereasconj.
  14. although
  15. but at the same time
  16. meanwhile
  17. just keepsn.suf.adv.after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb
  18. being inclined to ...
  19. tending to be ...
  20. tending to do ...
  21. continuously ...
  22. just keeps on ...ing
  23. only

Synonyms

他方

Real voices: how native speakers say it

These sentences were read aloud by real people — native Japanese speakers — for the open Mozilla Common Voice project. Listen to how a phrase sounds in real speech: the intonation, the pace, the way words run together. Two speakers mean two different people read it — compare them.

芸術とはその一方向への極限とも考えられるであろう。
げいじゅつとはそのいちほうこうへのきょくげんともかんがえられるであろう。Art could also be thought of as the extreme in that one direction.
一方通行の車道を渡り、並木道に沿って歩いて、死に掛けの乳牛のような足取りで進み、
いっぽうつうこうのしゃどうをわたり、なみきみちにそってあるいて、しにかけのにゅうぎゅうのようなあしどりですすみ、A one-way street, walking along the tree-lined path, with the gait of a dying dairy cow, and
後で読むといいながらたまる一方
あとでよむといいながらたまるいっぽうI say I'll read it later, but it just keeps piling up.

Recordings and sentences: Mozilla Common Voice, CC0

Stroke order

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