いっきうち

いっきうち

Japanese

Alternative spellings
一騎討ち 一騎打ち

Etymology

From 一騎(いっき) (ikki) + 討(う)ち (uchi, “連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 討(う)つ (utsu).”).

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) いっき​うち [ìkkíꜜùchì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
• IPA^(key): [ik̚ʲkʲiɯ̟ᵝt͡ɕi]

Noun

いっきうち • (ikki-uchi)  (historical kana いつきうち)

1. single combat (duel between single representatives of opposing armies)

See also

• 一対一(いちたいいち) (ichi-tai-ichi, “one-on-one”)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN