いっちょう

一丁

N5Common wordNoun

Noun

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)

Noun

one block of tofu•one serving (in a restaurant)

Noun

one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar)

Noun

one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m)

Noun

one game•one task

Adverb

well then•right

Example Sentences

よし、一丁(いっちょう)やってみるか。

All right, let's give it a shot.

ラーメンを一丁(いっちょう)お願(ねが)いします。

One bowl of ramen, please.

じゃあ、一丁(いっちょう)勝負(しょうぶ)といこうか。

Well then, shall we have a match?

彼(かれ)は一丁(いっちょう)のピストルを隠(かく)し持(も)っていた。

He was secretly carrying a pistol.

冷奴(ひややっこ)を作(つく)るのに、豆腐(とうふ)を一丁(いっちょう)買(か)ってきた。

I bought a block of tofu to make cold tofu.

one, one radical (no.1)

イチ / ひと-

street, ward, town, counter for guns, tools, leaves or cakes of something, even number, 4th calendar sign

チョウ / ひのと