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一所

一処

Readings

Kana: いっしょ、ひとところ
Romaji: issho, hitotokoro
Kana
Romaji

Definitions

1

one place; the same place

2

one person

Note: honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language; archaism
See also: 一人 (reading ひとり, entry #1)
3

together

Note: archaism
See also: 一緒 (reading いっしょ, entry #1)

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -ところ、 どころ、 とこ
Meaning: place
Readings: ショ、 ところ、 -こ、 お.る
Meanings: dispose, manage, deal with, sentence, condemn, act, behave, place

Example Sentences

一所懸命(いっしょけんめい)(はたら)いて(かれ)成功(せいこう)した。
➥Hard work has brought him success.
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(かれ)一所懸命(いっしょけんめい)勉強(べんきょう)した、そうでなかったら、試験(しけん)()ちていただろう。
➥He worked hard; otherwise he would have failed in the examination.
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あなたは一所懸命(いっしょけんめい)勉強(べんきょう)しさえすればよい、そうすれば試験(しけん)合格(ごうかく)するだろう。
➥You have only to study hard, and you will pass the test.
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一所懸命(いっしょけんめい)になって(かれ)はその()(のぼ)った。
➥With great effort he climbed up the tree.
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(きみ)一所懸命(いっしょけんめい)勉強(べんきょう)しさえすればよい、そうすれば試験(しけん)合格(ごうかく)するでしょう。
➥You have only to study hard, and you will pass the test.
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もし(かれ)がもっと一所懸命(いっしょけんめい)(はたら)いていたならば、(かれ)(いま)では金持(かねも)ちかもしれないのだが。
➥If he had worked harder, he might be a rich man now.
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