Word Meaning 一攫千金

いっかくせんきん ikkakusenkin

一攫千金 is read as いっかくせんきん (ikkakusenkin) and means getting rich quick.

Meaning

English

getting rich quick
making a killing
making a fortune at a single stroke

Reading

Kana

いっかくせんきん

Romaji

ikkakusenkin

Writing Variants

一獲千金 いっかくせんきん ikkakusenkin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一攫千金を夢見る男

いっかくせんきんをゆめみるおとこ

Soldier of Fortune (1955 movie)

一攫千金を夢見る

いっかくせんきんをゆめみる

to dream of making a fortune at one stroke

一諾千金

いちだくせんきん

one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold

一笑千金

いっしょうせんきん

a smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold

一刻千金

いっこくせんきん

every moment is precious

一字千金

いちじせんきん

word of great value

春宵一刻値千金

しゅんしょういっこくあたいせんきん

a moment of time in a spring evening is worth a thousand pieces of gold

一時金

いちじきん

bonus

一千

いっせん

1,000

一望千里

いちぼうせんり

sweeping view of the eye

一人当千

いちにんとうせん

being a match for a thousand

一騎当千

いっきとうせん

being a match for a thousand

Example Sentences

彼は一攫千金の夢を抱いて上京した。

He came to Tokyo with the dream of becoming rich.

多くの人が一攫千金を夢見て宝くじを買う。

A lot of people buy lotteries dreaming of wealth at one stroke.