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一コマ (ひとコマ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一ひとコマ

also: ひとこま

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Meanings

1

noun

one scene; one frame; one shot; one exposure

Used in film, photography, and animation to count individual frames, shots, or scenes. Often appears in contexts like 一コマの写真 or 一コマの映像.

この映えい画がの一ひとコマ一ひとコマが美うつくしい。
Every single frame of this movie is beautiful.
彼かれは一ひとコマの写しゃ真しんから多おおくの情じょう報ほうを読よみ取とった。
He gleaned a lot of information from a single photograph.

2

noun

one panel; one cell

Specifically for comics, manga, or storyboards: one panel or cell. 一コマ漫画 is a one-panel cartoon.

この四よんコマ漫まん画がの一ひとコマ目めが一いち番ばん面おも白しろい。
The first panel of this four-panel comic is the funniest.
一ひとコマ漫まん画がを描かくのが趣しゅ味みです。
My hobby is drawing single-panel cartoons.

Written forms

一ひとコマ
Common mixed kanji-katakana spelling; the reading ひとコマ is standard for this form.
１コマ
Numerical variant of 一コマ, often seen in informal or digital contexts.
一ひとこま
Kanji-hiragana spelling; the reading ひとこま is used here.
１ひとこま
Numerical-hiragana variant; less common but possible.
一ひと齣こま
Rare kanji spelling using 齣 (frame/scene); mainly in literary or technical contexts.
一ひと駒こま
irregular kanji usage

Irregular kanji usage; 駒 normally means 'horse' or 'piece', but used here for 'frame'.

ひとこま

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
齣a paragraph, section
駒pony, horse, colt

Similar words

コマ
コマ alone means 'frame', 'panel', or 'scene' without specifying quantity. 一コマ explicitly counts one unit.
一ひと齣こま
Same meaning but uses the rare kanji 齣, which is more literary and less common in everyday writing.

Etymology

Compound of 一 (one) and コマ (frame/scene/panel). コマ is derived from 齣 (frame of a film or comic), but the katakana spelling is now standard.