Word Meaning 万一

ばんいち banichi

万一 is read as ばんいち (banichi) and means (if) by some chance.

Meaning

English

(if) by some chance
by some possibility
in the unlikely event that
(unlikely event of) emergency
the worst(-case scenario)
10000 to 1

Reading

Kana

ばんいち

Romaji

banichi

Writing Variants

万一ばんいつ banitsu
万一まんいち manichi
万一まんいつ manitsu

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 4 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 2 Kanken 9級 Rank 51 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

万が一

まんがいち

(unlikely event of) emergency

万々一

ばんばんいち

by any chance

万分の一

まんぶんのいち

one ten-thousandth

万に一つ

まんにひとつ

one in a million (chance, etc.)

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