一いっ下か

noun

issuing (an order); handing down (a command)

Used almost exclusively in the pattern 命令一下 (めいれいいっか) meaning 'as soon as the order is given' or 'upon the issuance of an order'. It is a formal, somewhat literary expression.

See also: 命令一下 (めいれいいっか)

• 命めい令れい一いっ下か、部ぶ隊たいは直ただちに出しゅつ動どうした。

  As soon as the order was given, the unit immediately deployed.

• 命めい令れい一いっ下か、全ぜん員いんが持もち場ばについた。

  Upon the issuance of the order, everyone took their positions.