Word Meaning 一本やり

いっぽんやり ipponyari

一本やり is read as いっぽんやり (ipponyari) and means one's sole talent.

Meaning

English

  1. one's sole talent
  2. one's only forte
  3. sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.)
  4. never deviating from
  5. persisting with
  6. focusing solely on
  7. devotion to
  8. single spear

Reading

Kana

いっぽんやり

Romaji

ipponyari

Writing Variants

  • 一本槍 いっぽんやり ipponyari

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 94799 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一本釣り

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一本

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geisha

一本立ち

いっぽんだち

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一本松

いっぽんまつ

solitary pine tree

日本一

にほんいち

Japan's best

一握り

ひとにぎり

handful

一通り

ひととおり

one method

一回り

ひとまわり

one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac

一番乗り

いちばんのり

first (person) to arrive

一点張り

いってんばり

always making the same bet

一人

ひとり

one person

一人前

いちにんまえ

adult