一いつ

numeric

one

Formal or literary numeric 'one', often used in counting or in fixed expressions. In everyday counting, いち is more common.

See also: 一つ (ひとつ)

• 一いち、二に、三さんと数かぞえる。

  Count one, two, three.

• 一いちに努ど力りょく、二にに努ど力りょく。

  First, effort; second, effort.

noun

same; one (mind, path)

Used in the adverbial phrase 一に to mean 'solely' or 'entirely', often in formal or literary contexts. Appears in expressions like 一に～による (it all depends on...).

See also: 一に

• 成せい功こうは一いちに努ど力りょくにかかっている。

  Success depends entirely on effort.

• 結けっ果かは一いちに君きみの判はん断だん次し第だいだ。

  The outcome depends solely on your judgment.