N2353/1725

一いち応おう

nounnoun (generic)noun taking the genitive case particle のadjective (generic)adverb

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いちおう

Meanings

more or less, though not quite satisfactorily, after a fashion, pretty much, roughly, so far as it goes, technically
tentatively, for the time being
just in case
once

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Example sentences

一応いちおう、確認かくにんしておきましょう。

Let's confirm it just in case.

彼女かのじょは一応いちおう、日本語にほんごが話はなせる。

She can speak Japanese, more or less.

計画けいかくは一応いちおう完成かんせいしたが、まだ改善かいぜんの余地よちがある。

The plan is more or less complete, but there is still room for improvement.

一応いちおう傘かさを持もって行いった方ほうがいいと思おもいます。

I think you should take an umbrella just in case.

その問題もんだいについては一応いちおうの解決策かいけつさくが見みつかったものの、根本的こんぽんてきな原因げんいんはまだ解明かいめいされていない。

Although a tentative solution to the problem has been found, the root cause has not yet been clarified.

Related words

潜るもぐる

to dive (into or under water); to get under, to get into, to get in, to creep into, to crawl under, to bury oneself, to burrow into, to dig oneself into, to snuggle under; to hide oneself (esp. from the government), to conceal oneself, to go underground

上下じょうげ

top and bottom, high and low, above and below, upper and lower ends, up and down; going up and down, rising and falling, fluctuating; going and coming back; upper and lower classes, ruler and ruled, the government and the people; first and second volumes; top and bottom, two-piece (outfit)

突くつく

to prick, to stab; to poke, to prod, to push, to thrust, to nudge, to hit, to strike; to use (a cane), to prop oneself up with, to press against (the floor, etc.); to attack; to brave (the rain, etc.)