Word Meaning 一本槍

いっぽんやり ipponyari

一本槍 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

  • 一本やり いっぽんやり ipponyari

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 20 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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一本釣り

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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

千本槍

せんぼんやり

Leibnitz daisy (Leibnitzia anandria)

日本一

にほんいち

Japan's best

一人

ひとり

one person

一言

いちげん

single word

一昨日

おとつい

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一定

いってい

fixed

一昨年

おととし

year before last

一家

いっか

(one's own) style