一いち丸がん

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Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 50,000

Meanings

one lump; one united body

Almost exclusively used in the phrase 一丸となる or 一丸となって, meaning 'to unite as one' or 'to band together'. Not used as a standalone noun in modern Japanese.

Usage patterns

〈人ひと〉が一いち丸がんとなって〈動どう詞し〉for a group of people to unite as one and do something together
社しゃ員いんが一いち丸がんとなって新しん製せい品ひんの開かい発はつに取とり組くんだ。
The employees united as one to work on developing the new product.

Expressions

一いち丸がんとなってin unison; as one; united
打うって一いち丸がんとなるunite as one; act as a single body

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
丸round, full (month), perfection

Related words

一いっ致ち団だん結けつ
一致団結 is a four-character phrase for cohesive, cooperative unity often used in formal or motivational speech, while 一丸 is almost only used inside the fixed phrase 一丸となる to describe a group becoming one unified body.
団だん結けつN1
団結 is a common standalone noun/verb meaning 'unity' or 'to unite', whereas 一丸 rarely stands alone and appears almost exclusively in the set phrase 一丸となる.
一いっ体たいN3
一丸 means uniting as one for a shared goal, while 一体 is broader and also covers adverbial 'generally' and counting statues.

Don't confuse with

一いち団だん
一団 means 'a group or party' (of people or things), while 一丸 describes that group acting as a single unified body, especially in 一丸となる.

Etymology

Compound of 一 (one) and 丸 (round object, lump). The image is of many parts becoming a single round mass, symbolizing unity.