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一方的

Reading

Kana: いっぽうてき
Romaji: ippouteki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ホウ、 かた、 -かた、 -がた
Meanings: direction, person, alternative
Readings: テキ、 まと
Meanings: bull's eye, mark, target, object, adjective ending

Example Sentences

この(けん)(かん)する(かれ)解釈(かいしゃく)はあまりにも一方的(いっぽうてき)だ。
➥His interpretation of this matter is too one-sided.
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(ぼく)はスーザンに(あやま)ろうと電話(でんわ)したのに、彼女(かのじょ)ときたら一方的(いっぽうてき)電話(でんわ)()っちゃったんだ。
➥I called Susan to apologize to her, but she hung up on me.
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そのボクシング試合(しあい)完全(かんぜん)一方的(いっぽうてき)だった。一方(いっぽう)のボクサーはひどく()たれて怪我(けが)したので、そのマネージャーは敗北(はいぼく)(みと)めなければならなかった。
➥The boxing match was completely one-sided, one pug was so badly mauled that his manager had to throw in the sponge.
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大人(おとな)一方的(いっぽうてき)観点(かんてん)からは、子供(こども)たちの態度(たいど)はしばしば生意気(なまいき)()える。
➥From an adult's one-sided point of view, children's attitudes often seem to be disobedient.
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(てい)賃金(ちんぎん)劣悪(れつあく)労働(ろうどう)条件(じょうけん)一方的(いっぽうてき)首切(くびき)りなどの経済(けいざい)労働(ろうどう)問題(もんだい)はもとより、各種(かくしゅ)人道的(じんどうてき)問題(もんだい)までも()()こしている。
➥Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
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