Related words 一いっ 括かつ 一括 is more formal and often used in business or technical contexts for 'batch processing' or 'lump sum', while 一括り is more colloquial and carries a nuance of oversimplification.
十じっ 把ぱ 一ひと 絡から げ 十把一絡げ is a stronger, more idiomatic expression for 'lumping together' with a clearly negative connotation, implying unfair generalization.
Written forms 一ひと 括くく り Usage 20%
Standard kanji spelling. The reading ひとくくり is unambiguous.
ひとくくり Usage 77%
Kana spelling is common in everyday writing, especially when the kanji is not needed.
一ひと くくり Usage 3%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard written variant.
Etymology Compound of 一 (ひと , 'one') and 括り (くくり , 'bundle' or 'grouping'), from the verb 括る (くくる , 'to tie up' or 'to bundle'). The literal meaning is 'one bundle', extended to the abstract sense of treating things as a single group.
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