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一本

Reading

Kana: いっぽん
Romaji: ippon
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Definitions

noun
1

one long cylindrical thing; one film, TV show, etc.; one goal, home run, etc.; one telephone call

See also: 本 (reading ほん, entry #5)
2

one version

3

one book; a certain book

4

ippon; one point; a blow

(Martial arts term)
5

experienced geisha

See also: 半玉 (reading はんぎょく)
n-suf
6

single-minded focus on ...

Note: after a noun, usu. as 〜一本で, 〜一本に, etc.

Kanji

一
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
本
Readings: ホン、 もと
Meanings: book, present, main, origin, true, real, counter for long cylindrical things

Example Sentences

ロゼを一(いち)本(ほん)ください。
➥We'd like a bottle of rosé.
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私(わたし)の歯(は)の一(いち)本(ほん)が痛(いた)みます。
➥One of my teeth hurts.
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木(き)は一(いち)本(ほん)も見(み)えなかった。
➥There was not a tree in sight.
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チョークを一(いち)本(ほん)下(くだ)さい。
➥Give me a piece of chalk.
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一(いち)本(ほん)の矢(や)が鷹(たか)を貫通(かんつう)した。
➥An arrow passed through the hawk.
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彼(かれ)は庭木(にわき)を一(いち)本(ほん)切(きたお)り倒()した。
➥He cut down a tree in his garden.
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