一方通行

一方通行

Japanese

Kanji in this term
一	方	通	行
いつ > いっ Grade: 1	ほう > ぽう Grade: 2	つう Grade: 2	こう Grade: 2
on’yomi

Etymology

Compound of 一 (いっ)方 (ぽう) (ippō, “one-way”) + 通 (つう)行 (こう) (tsūkō, “passage”).

Pronunciation

• On’yomi
  • (Tokyo) いっぽーつ​うこー [ìppóó tsúꜜùkòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
  • IPA^(key): [ip̚po̞ː t͡sɨᵝːko̞ː]

Noun

一方通行 (hiragana いっぽうつうこう, rōmaji ippō tsūkō, historical hiragana いつぱうつうかう)

1. a one-way street

   Synonyms: 一方交通 (ippō kōtsū), ワンウエー (wan-uē)

2. (by extension) a one-way transmission especially one without a reverse transmission in exchange

See also

• 一方通行 on the Japanese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ja
• One-way traffic on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

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