一方通行

Japanese
Kanji in this term
一 方 通 行
いつ > いっ
Grade: 1		 ほう > ぽう
Grade: 2		 つう
Grade: 2		 こう
Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 一 (いっ)方 (ぽう) (ippō, “one-way”) + 通 (つう)行 (こう) (tsūkō, “passage”).

Pronunciation

Noun

一方通行 (hiragana いっぽうつうこう, rōmaji ippō tsūkō, historical hiragana いつぱうつうかう)

  1. a one-way street
    Synonyms: 一方交通 (ippō kōtsū), ワンウエー (wan-uē)
  2. (by extension) a one-way transmission especially one without a reverse transmission in exchange

See also

References
  1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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