一いち枚まい岩いわ

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

1

monolith; large single slab of rock

Refers to a single, massive piece of rock, often in geological or landscape contexts.

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A huge monolith towers over this area.

2

Figurative use describing a group, organization, or opinion that is completely unified and shows no internal division.

〈組そ織しき〉が一いち枚まい岩いわになるfor a group or organization to become completely unified
危き機きを乗のり越こえて、党とう内ないは一いち枚まい岩いわになった。
Having weathered the crisis, the party became completely united.
〈組そ織しき〉は一いち枚まい岩いわではないto say an organization is not united, i.e. has internal divisions
その企き業ぎょうの経けい営えい陣じんは一いち枚まい岩いわではない。
The company's management is not a united front.
一いち枚まい岩いわとして〈動どう詞し〉to act, respond, etc. as a single unified body
労ろう働どう者しゃたちは一いち枚まい岩いわとして団だん結けつし、要よう求きゅうを訴うったえた。

結けっ束そくN1sense 2
結束 stresses the act of banding together for a common purpose, while 一枚岩 describes the resulting state of total, unbroken unity.
団だん結けつN1sense 2
団結 is the everyday word for people uniting or banding together, whereas 一枚岩 is a more vivid, metaphorical image of a group with zero internal cracks.

分ぶん裂れつN1sense 2
分裂 means a group splits into factions, the direct opposite of 一枚岩's image of complete, unbroken unity.

一いち枚まい看かん板ばん
一枚岩 refers to solid unity (or a single slab of rock), while 一枚看板 refers to a single star performer or main attraction that a group relies on.

Compound of 一枚 (one flat piece) + 岩 (rock). The figurative sense derives from the image of a single, unbroken rock representing indivisible unity.

The workers united as one solid block and voiced their demands.