- 1. [adv] (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth; (where) the hell; (how) the hell — before an interrogative; forms an emphatic question
- 2. [n] one object; one body; one unit; one group; one mass
- 3. [n] one form; one style; one format; one fashion
- 4. [n] one Buddhist image; one carving; one sculpture
- 5. [n] one corpse; one sample (of bones, remains, etc.)
- 6. [adv] generally; in general; on the whole; by and large; for the most part — also as ～に
- 7. [adv] strictly speaking; in the first place; originally; to begin with (dated)
Kanji in this word
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一
one, one radical (no.1)On: イチ (ichi)、 イツ (itsu)Kun: ひと- (hito-)、 ひと.つ (hito.tsu)
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体
body, substance, object, reality, counter for imagesOn: タイ (tai)、 テイ (tei)Kun: からだ (karada)、 かたち (katachi)
Example Sentences
一体どこで彼に会ったんだ。
Where on earth did you meet him?
いったいなぜ彼を駅に連れて行ったの？
Why on earth did you take him to the station?
ストライキとは従業員の集団が一体となって就労を拒否することです。
A strike is a mass refusal to work by a body of employees.