Word Meaning 万に一つ

まんにひとつ man ni hitotsu

万に一つ is read as まんにひとつ (man ni hitotsu) and means one in a million (chance, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. one in a million (chance, etc.)
  2. one in ten thousand
  3. in the unlikely event that

Reading

Kana

まんにひとつ

Romaji

man ni hitotsu

Writing Variants

  • 万にひとつ まんにひとつ mannihitotsu

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 8 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 117755 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

万一

ばんいち

(if) by some chance

万が一

まんがいち

(unlikely event of) emergency

万々一

ばんばんいち

by any chance

万一のため

まんいちのため

just in case

万国規格統一協会

ばんこくきかくとういつきょうかい

International Federation of National Standardization (pn)

万世一系

ばんせいいっけい

unbroken imperial line

万一に備える

まんいちにそなえる

to provide against contingencies

万分の一

まんぶんのいち

one ten-thousandth

万死一生

ばんしいっしょう

advancing in the face of death

万緑一紅

ばんりょくいっこう

one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation

捨万求一

しゃばんきゅういつ

pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others

一天万乗

いってんばんじょう

the whole realm

Example Sentences

1

そんなことはまんにひとつもない。

Something like that is not possible at all.