N21328/1725

一いっ旦たん

usually written using kana aloneadverbarchaicnounnoun (generic)

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いったん

Meanings

once
for a short time, briefly, temporarily
one morning

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Example sentences

一旦いったん家いえに帰かえってから、また出でかけます。

I will go home once and then go out again.

一旦いったん決きめたことは、簡単かんたんに変かえるべきではない。

Once you have decided something, you should not change it easily.

一旦いったん立たち止とまって、状況じょうきょうをよく確認かくにんしてください。

Please stop for a moment and carefully confirm the situation.

一旦いったん仕事しごとを辞やめると、再就職さいしゅうしょくが難むずかしくなることがある。

Once you quit your job, it can become difficult to find new employment.

一旦いったん発表はっぴょうされた計画けいかくは、関係者かんけいしゃ全員ぜんいんの同意どういがなければ撤回てっかいすることができない。

A plan that has once been announced cannot be withdrawn without the consent of all parties involved.

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.)