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 一方(いっぽう) (ippō, “one-way”) + 通行(つうこう) (tsūkō, “passage”).

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) いっぽーつうこー [ìppóó tsúꜜùkòò] (Nakadaka – [5])[1]
IPA^(key): [ip̚po̞ː t͡sɨᵝːko̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)方(ぽう)通(つう)行(こう) • (ippō tsūkō) ^{←いつぱうつうかう (itupautuukau)^?}

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

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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