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一からやり直す (いちからやりなおす) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

一いちからやり直なおす

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-su)

start over from scratch; do it all over again; wipe the slate clean

Used when abandoning previous progress and beginning again from the very beginning, often with a sense of resetting or redoing completely.

計けい画かくが失しっ敗ぱいしたので、一いちからやり直なおすことにした。
Since the plan failed, we decided to start over from scratch.

間ま

違ちが

い

が

多おお

すぎ

て

、

書しょ

類るい

を

一いち

から

やり

直なお

さ

なけれ

ば

なら

なかっ

た

。

There were too many mistakes, so I had to redo the documents from the beginning.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
直straightaway, honesty, frankness

Similar words

最さい初しょからやり直なおす
Similar meaning, but 一からやり直す emphasizes starting from the very basics or from zero, while 最初からやり直す simply means starting again from the first step.
ゼロから始はじめる
Both mean starting from nothing, but 一からやり直す implies redoing something that was already attempted, whereas ゼロから始める can be used for a completely new endeavor.

Etymology

The expression combines 一 (いち, 'one') with から ('from') and やり直す (やりなおす, 'to redo'), literally meaning 'to redo from one'. The number 一 here represents the starting point or the very beginning.