一いっ杯ぱい

〈物もの〉を一いっ杯ぱいくださいone cup/glass of ~, please
コーヒーを一いっ杯ぱいください。
One cup of coffee, please.
お腹なかが一杯いっぱいになるto become full (of food)
ご飯はんを食たべてお腹なかが一いっ杯ぱいになった。
I ate rice and became full.
力ちから一いっ杯ぱい〈動どう詞し〉to do something with all one's strength
力ちから一いっ杯ぱい走はしった。
I ran with all my strength.
〈物もの〉が一いっ杯ぱいあるthere is a lot of ~
本ほんが一いっ杯ぱいある。
There are a lot of books.
〈場ば所しょ〉が〈人ひと〉で一いっ杯ぱいだa place is packed/crowded with people
電でん車しゃは人ひとで一いっ杯ぱいだった。
The train was packed with people.

Expressions

一いっ杯ぱいやるhave a drink; have a few drinks
一いっ杯ぱい食くうbe deceived; be taken in; be tricked
一いっ杯ぱい食くわすplay a trick on; cheat; deceive; dupe
ちょっと一いっ杯ぱいlet's have a quick drink
一いっ杯ぱい食くわせるplay a trick on; cheat; deceive; dupe
一いっ杯ぱい引ひっ掛かけるhave a drink; grab a drink

Grammar

一人ひとり・二に本ほん・三さん冊さつnumbers and countersN5

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
杯counter for cupfuls, wine glass, glass
盃glass, cup

Related words· 10

満まん杯ぱい sense 3
満杯 specifically describes a container or space filled to its absolute limit, while 一杯 more broadly covers 'full' as well as 'a cup of' and 'a lot'.
満まんタン sense 3
満タン is casual and used almost only for tanks (like a car's fuel tank) being full, whereas 一杯 applies to any container or space that is full.
たくさんN5sense 5
たくさん is the neutral, standard word for 'a lot', while 一杯 is more colloquial and often implies fullness or being packed as well as sheer quantity.
晩ばん酌しゃく
一杯 is a casual, general word for having a drink (not necessarily at home), whereas 晩酌 specifically means the evening drink taken with one's dinner at home.

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満まん々まん
満々 is a formal たる-adjective used mainly with abstract nouns like 自信 or やる気, while いっぱい is the everyday word for something being full, physically or figuratively.
フル
いっぱい is a native Japanese word for 'full' used broadly in everyday speech, while フル is a loanword that stresses maximum extent and appears often in compounds like フル回転.
たっぷりN3
いっぱい is a casual word for 'a lot' or 'full', whereas たっぷり can be used in slightly more formal contexts and often implies roominess or generosity rather than just quantity.
満まん載さい
いっぱい is a casual, everyday word for 'full' or 'a lot', while 満載 is more formal and implies a deliberate loading or rich content.
うんとN2
いっぱい is a casual word meaning 'full' or 'a lot', close in feel to うんと but without うんと's extra emphasis on degree.
どっさりN2
いっぱい stresses that a container or space is full, whereas どっさり focuses on the sheer bulk or weight of the amount itself.

Opposites

空からっぽN2sense 3
空っぽ means completely empty, the opposite of 一杯 meaning completely full.
空からN3
一杯 means 'full' and is the natural opposite of 空 when describing a container, cup, or schedule slot with nothing left in it.
からからN3
からから describes a container or space as completely empty, while いっぱい describes it as completely full.

Don't confuse with

一いっ敗ぱいN1
一敗 is a homophone of 一杯 but means 'one defeat/loss' in a game or match, with no connection to cups or fullness.
一いっ泊ぱく
一泊 sounds very similar to 一杯 but means 'one night's stay' at a hotel or inn, an unrelated meaning.
精せい一いっ杯ぱいN2
一杯 means 'a cup (of something)' or 'full/plenty', while 精一杯 (built on the same kanji) means 'one's utmost effort' — don't confuse the two despite the shared 一杯.

Word family

精せい一いっ杯ぱいN2
one's best; the best one can do · with all one's might; as hard as possible
手て一いっ杯ぱい
having one's hands full; at the limit; fully occupied
目め一いっ杯ぱい
to the limit; as much as possible; with all one's might
いっぱいいっぱい
to the limit; at one's limit; breaking even · one cup after another; cup by cup
一いっ杯ぱい機き嫌げん
tipsy; a little drunk; slightly intoxicated
一いっ杯ぱい飲のみ屋や
cheap drinking spot; inexpensive pub or tavern

Written forms

一いっ杯ぱいUsage23%
Standard kanji spelling for all senses. High priority.
いっぱいUsage75%
Kana spelling is usual for the adjectival/adverbial/suffix senses (full, fully, a lot, all of).
一いっぱいUsage1%
search-only kanji form
Search-only form; not a standard spelling.
イッパイUsage1%
１いっ杯ぱい
Numerical variant using １ instead of 一; common in horizontal writing.
一いっ盃ぱい
out-dated kanji form
Outdated kanji form; 盃 is a variant of 杯.

Etymology

Compound of 一 (いち, one) and 杯 (はい, cup), with sound change from いちはい to いっぱい. The extended adverbial senses developed from the idea of 'one cupful' as a full measure.