一いっ本ぽん

noun

one long object; one film or program; one call; one goal or hit

The numeral-counter form for 本: used for long or cylindrical things, and by extension for films, TV programs, phone calls, goals, home runs, and similar countable events.

See also: 本 (ほん)

• 瓶びんビールを一いっ本ぽんください。

  Please give me one bottle of beer.

• 週しゅう末まつに映えい画がを一いっ本ぽん見みた。

  I watched one movie over the weekend.

• 後あとで電でん話わを一いっ本ぽん入いれます。

  I'll make one phone call later.

noun

one textual version; one book or manuscript copy; a certain book

Limited use for a single book, manuscript, copy, or version, especially in textual or bibliographic contexts. For an ordinary modern 'one book,' 一冊 is normally the learner-safe choice.

• 校こう訂ていでは、別べつの写しゃ本ほん一いっ本ぽんを参さん考こうにした。

  In editing the text, they consulted one other manuscript copy.

• 結けつ末まつの違ちがう異い本ほんが一いっ本ぽん伝つたわっている。

  One variant version with a different ending has been handed down.

noun

ippon; one point; decisive blow

Martial-arts scoring term, especially familiar from judo and kendo. It can refer to a decisive point or to the valid strike or throw that earns it.

• 決けっ勝しょう戦せんで、彼かれは背せ負おい投なげで一いっ本ぽんを取とった。

  In the final, he scored an ippon with a shoulder throw.

• 面めんに鋭するどい一いっ本ぽんが入はいった。

  A sharp valid strike landed on the head.

noun

geisha

Specialized traditional term from the geisha world; rare outside historical, cultural, or hanamachi-related contexts.

See also: 半玉 (はんぎょく)

• 古ふるい花か柳りゅう界かいの言いい方かたで、「一いっ本ぽん」は芸げい者しゃを指さすことがある。

  In older language of the geisha world, 一本 can refer to a geisha.

noun, used as a suffix

single-minded focus on; devoted solely to

Used after a noun, often in patterns such as 〜一本で and 〜一本に, to mean concentrating on that one thing and not branching out.

• 彼かれは野や球きゅう一いっ本ぽんでここまで来きた。

  He has come this far by devoting himself solely to baseball.

• 卒そつ業ぎょう後ごは研けん究きゅう一いっ本ぽんに絞しぼるつもりだ。

  After graduation, I intend to focus solely on research.