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JLPT N3 · Noun / adverb

一時 (ichiji)

一時 (いちじ, ichiji) is a Japanese noun / adverb meaning “one o'clock”. It appears in JLPT N3 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
いちじ
Romaji
ichiji
Word class
Noun / adverb
Level
JLPT N3 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. one o'clock · noun
  2. once; at one time; formerly; before · adverb, noun
  3. for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the moment; temporarily · adverb, noun, noun taking の · in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one quarter of the forecast period
  4. a time; one time; once · prefix noun

Example sentences

誰かから電話があったら一時に戻るといって下さい。
If anyone should phone, say I will be back at one o'clock.
Tatoeba #137105
彼は一時ここに住んでいた。
He lived here for a time.
Tatoeba #110005
霧のために、交通は一時不通になっている。
Due to the fog, traffic is temporarily suspended.
Tatoeba #80858

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

Kanji in 一時

一
one, one radical (no.1)イチ・イツ・ひと-・ひと.つ · 1 strokes
時
time, hourジ・とき・-どき · 10 strokes

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 一時.

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一家いっかa family一種いっしゅa kind

Source: JMdict entry 1576100 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.