Word Meaning 一進一退

いっしんいったい isshinittai

一進一退 is read as いっしんいったい (isshinittai) and means now advancing and now retreating.

Meaning

English

now advancing and now retreating
ebb and flow
seesawing
taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

Reading

Kana

いっしんいったい

Romaji

isshinittai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 17717 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

二進一退

にしんいったい

two steps forward, one step back

一歩退く

いっぽひく

to take a step backward

進退

しんだい

remaining in one's post or resigning

出処進退

しゅっしょしんたい

staying in one's position or resigning

挙措進退

きょそしんたい

behavior

寸進尺退

すんしんしゃくたい

one step forward, many steps backward

坐作進退

ざさしんたい

deportment

進退問題

しんたいもんだい

a question of whether or not someone should resign

進退両難

しんたいりょうなん

being driven to the wall

進退伺い

しんたいうかがい

informal resignation

進退去就

しんたいきょしゅう

one's course of action

進退維谷まる

しんたいこれきわまる

to be driven into a corner