Japanese

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Kanji in this term
いち > いっ
Grade: 1
ちょう
Grade: 3
on'yomi

Alternative forms

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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(いっ)(ちょう) (itchō

  1. one block, one neighborhood; a section of a city [a. 12th century][2]
  2. (archaic) a unit of distance equal to 60 ken, about 109 meters
  3. (archaic) a unit of area equal to 10 tan, about 9,917 square meters

Adverb

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(いっ)(ちょう) (itchōいつちやう (itutyau)?

  1. well; then
  2. giving it a shot, one time
    いっちょやってみようか。
    Itcho yattemiyō ka.
    I might as well give it a shot.

References

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  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. ^ Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典(新装版) [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN