Word Meaning 一点張り

いってんばり ittembari

一点張り is read as いってんばり (ittembari) and means always making the same bet.

Meaning

English

  1. always making the same bet
  2. persistence
  3. single-mindedness
  4. sticking to one point
  5. focusing on one thing

Reading

Kana

いってんばり

Romaji

ittembari

Writing Variants

  • 一点張 いってんばり ittembari

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Proverb Rank 16252 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一踏ん張り

ひとふんばり

one (more) effort

一張

いっちょう

one pair (set) of clothes

一致点

いっちてん

point of agreement

もう一踏ん張り

もうひとふんばり

holding out a little longer

もう一頑張り

もうひとがんばり

an extra effort

一点

いってん

speck

一人合点

ひとりがてん

rash assumption

一点一画

いってんいっかく

the dots of i's and the crosses of t's

一点機

いちてんき

turning point

一点物

いってんもの

one-of-a-kind item

単一障害点

たんいつしょうがいてん

single point of failure

Example Sentences

2

She puts her own interests above everything else.

What is with you stubbornly insisting there's no problem when our information is being leaked!?