一いっ気きに

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 5,000

Meanings

1

Describes doing something continuously from start to finish without a break. Common with verbs of consuming, reading, working, or moving.

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I drank the beer down in one go.

その小しょう説せつを一いっ気きに読よみ終おえた。

I finished reading the novel in one sitting.

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Used when a situation changes abruptly or a large number of things happen at once. Often with verbs like 変わる, 増える, or 来る.

〈物もの〉を一いっ気きに飲のむto drink something down in one go
彼かれはビールを一いっ気きに飲のんだ。
He drank the beer all in one go.
〈物もの〉が一いっ気きに増ふえるfor something to suddenly increase a lot
参さん加か者しゃが一いっ気きに増ふえた。
The number of participants suddenly shot up.
一いっ気きに読よみ終おえるto finish reading something in one sitting
その小しょう説せつを一いっ気きに読よみ終おえた。
I finished reading that novel in one sitting.
〈物もの〉が一いっ気きに変かわるfor something to change abruptly and completely
天てん気きが一いっ気きに変かわった。
The weather changed all at once.

一いっ挙きょにN1sense 1
一気に stresses continuous, uninterrupted action, while 一挙に emphasizes accomplishing something decisively in a single sweeping move.
急きゅうにN4sense 2
急に focuses on the suddenness of a change with no build-up, while 一気に in this sense also implies the change happens rapidly and completely.
一いち度どにN3sense 1
一度に simply means 'at one time' (as opposed to separately), while 一気に adds the nuance of doing it without any pause or break.
突とつ然ぜんN3sense 2
突然 describes something happening unexpectedly, whereas 一気に highlights the speed and totality of a sudden change.

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一いち躍やくN1
一気に focuses on doing something in one continuous action without stopping, while 一躍 highlights a sudden jump in status, fame, or success.
どっとN2
一気に focuses on doing or happening in one continuous go without stopping, while どっと highlights the sudden, overwhelming volume or force of the occurrence.

徐じょ々じょにN3
徐々に means 'gradually, little by little', the opposite of 一気に's 'all at once, without stopping'.
少すこしずつ
一気に describes doing something all at once in a single burst, the opposite of the gradual, incremental sense of 少しずつ.
小こ刻きざみ
一気に means doing something all at once in one go, the opposite of 小刻み's sense of proceeding in small, gradual steps.

一いっ気きN1
一気 is a noun meaning 'one breath/stretch', while 一気に is the adverbial form used directly before a verb to describe how it is done.

From 一気 (one breath, one go) + adverbial particle に. The compound 一気 is composed of 一 (one) and 気 (spirit, energy, breath).

段だん階かい的てき

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段階的 describes something done in stages over time, while 一気に describes something done all at once in a single burst.