Vocabulary

What does 一丁 (いっちょう, itchou) mean?

一丁 (いっちょう, itchou) means one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style).

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Readingいっちょう
Romajiitchou
Part of speechnoun
いっちょう
itchou

one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)

  1. 1noun one leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style)
  2. 2noun one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant)
  3. 3noun one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar)
  4. 4noun one chō (unit of distance, approx. 109.09 m)
  5. 5noun one game; one task

Also written: 一挺、一梃

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