JLPT N3 · Noun / adverb

一方 (ippou)

一方 (いっぽう, ippou) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “one (esp. of two); the other”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading: いっぽう
Romaji: ippou
Word class: Noun / adverb
Level: JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction · noun
on the one hand; on the other hand · conjunction
whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn · conjunction
just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ... · noun, suffix noun, adverb · after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb

Example sentences

床は緑色に塗られていたが、一方壁は黄色だった。

The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.

Tatoeba #146465

しかし、その一方、ラテン語はそのときまでに「死語」となっていた。

But, then again, Latin was already a "dead language" by that time.

Tatoeba #216343

本屋で英語関係の本を見つけると、次々に買ってしまって、読まずにいるので、たまる一方です。

I always buy the English-language books I come across at bookstores. But since I never read them, all they do is pile up.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Kanji in 一方

one, one radical (no.1)イチ・イツ・ひと-・ひと.つ · 1 strokes

direction, person, alternativeホウ・かた・-かた · 4 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 一方.

一いちone一日いちにちone day一番いちばんnumber one一緒いっしょ(doing) together一日ついたちfirst day of the month一つひとつone一月ひとつきone month一人ひとりone person一昨日おとといday before yesterday一度いちどonce一杯いっぱいone cup (of)一生懸命いっしょうけんめいvery hard一時いちじone o'clock一家いっかa family

Source: JMdict entry 1166510 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.