一本
Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 一 | 本 |
| Grade: 1 | Grade: 1 |
Etymology 1[edit]
Combination of 一 one and counter 本.
Numeral[edit]
一本 (hiragana いっぽん, romaji ippon)
- one (of something similar to a stick: a beer bottle, a wooden staff, a branch, a flower with stalk, a needle, etc.)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
一本 (hiragana いっぽん, romaji ippon)
- winning in one blow (一本勝ち)
- (judo) Ippon, a full point. Ippon is the most valuable judgement that can be awarded for a single action; compare waza-ari, yuko, koka.
