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一方的 (いっぽうてき) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いっ方ぽう的てき

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Meanings

1

one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary

Describes actions, decisions, or relationships where only one party is involved or considered, often with a negative nuance of unfairness or lack of reciprocity.

彼かれの一いっ方ぽう的てきな意い見けんに

は

賛さん

成せい

でき

ない

。

I can't agree with his one-sided opinion.

会かい社しゃが一いっ方ぽう的てきに契けい約やくを解かい除じょした。

The company unilaterally terminated the contract.

Usage patterns

〈事こと〉を一いっ方ぽう的てきに決きめるto decide something unilaterally, without consulting the other party
彼かれは旅りょ行こうの計けい画かくを一いっ方ぽう的てきに決きめてしまった。
He decided on the travel plans unilaterally, without asking anyone.
一いっ方ぽう的てきに〈動どう詞し〉to do something one-sidedly, cutting off the other side's input
彼かの女じょは一いっ方ぽう的てきに電でん話わを切きった。
She hung up the phone unilaterally, without letting me finish.
一いっ方ぽう的てきな〈事こと〉a one-sided matter or relationship
それは一いっ方ぽう的てきな言いい分ぶんだ。
That's a one-sided argument.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
方direction, person, alternative
的bull's eye, mark, target

Related words

独どく断だん的てき
独断的 emphasizes acting on one's own authority without consulting others, while 一方的 focuses on the lack of reciprocity or balance in a relationship or action.
身み勝がっ手て
身勝手 stresses selfish disregard for others' feelings, whereas 一方的 focuses on the imbalance of the interaction itself.
一いっ方ぽう通つう行こうN3
一方的 describes an action or attitude as one-sided or unilateral, while 一方通行 more specifically frames a relationship or flow of information as literally going only one way.
強ごう引いんN2
一方的 means one-sided, focusing on ignoring the other party's input, while 強引 emphasizes actively forcing one's will through.

Opposites

相そう互ごN2
相互 describes something mutual or reciprocal, the opposite of 一方的, which describes something done by only one side.
伯はく仲ちゅう
一方的 describes a one-sided, lopsided contest or relationship, the opposite of 伯仲's meaning of two sides being closely and evenly matched.
多た角かく的てき
一方的 describes something one-sided or unilateral, the opposite of 多角的, which involves multiple sides or perspectives.

Don't confuse with

一いっ方ぽうN3
一方 (as a noun/conjunction meaning 'one side' or 'on the other hand') shares its kanji with 一方的 but lacks the 'unbalanced/unilateral' nuance that 的 adds.

Built from

一いっ方ぽう+的てき

Etymology

Compound of 一方 (いっぽう, 'one side') + 的 (てき, adjectival suffix). The meaning is transparent from its components.