一いっ斑ぱん

noun

one part; a single detail; a portion

Formal or literary term. Often used in the phrase 一斑を見て全豹を卜す (to infer the whole from a single part). Refers to a single aspect or detail of a larger whole.

See also: 全豹

• 彼かれの報ほう告こくは問もん題だいの一いっ斑ぱんに過すぎない。

  His report covers only one aspect of the problem.

• 一いっ斑ぱんを見みて全ぜん豹ぴょうを卜ぼくすという言こと葉ばがある。

  There is a saying: 'From one spot, judge the whole leopard.'