一応

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Japanese

Kanji in this term
いち
Grade: 1
おう
Grade: 5
goon
Alternative spellings
一應 (kyūjitai)
一往

Pronunciation

Adverb

(いち)(おう) (ichiō

  1. just to make sure
  2. just in case
  3. temporarily, for the present, for the time being
  4. tentatively
  5. by and large, for the most part
  6. once

References

  • 2002, Ineko Kondō; Fumi Takano; Mary E Althaus; et. al., Shogakukan Progressive Japanese-English Dictionary, Third Edition, Tokyo: Shōgakukan, →ISBN.
  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN