Word Meaning 万一

まんいち manichi

万一 is read as まんいち (manichi) 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

まんいち

Romaji

manichi

Writing Variants

万一ばんいち banichi
万一ばんいつ banitsu
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 22 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

万が一

まんがいち

(unlikely event of) emergency

万々一

まんまんいち

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

一万円

いちまんえん

10,000 yen