一いち段だん落らく

also: ひとだんらく

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一段落する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	一いち段だん落らくする	一いち段だん落らくしない
Polite	一いち段だん落らくします	一いち段だん落らくしません
Past polite	一いち段だん落らくしました	一いち段だん落らくしませんでした
Past	一いち段だん落らくした	一いち段だん落らくしなかった
Te-form	一いち段だん落らくして	一いち段だん落らくしないで
Desire	一いち段だん落らくしたい	一いち段だん落らくしたくない
Potential	一いち段だん落らくできる	一いち段だん落らくできない
Passive	一いち段だん落らくされる	一いち段だん落らくされない
Causative	一いち段だん落らくさせる	一いち段だん落らくさせない
Causative passive	一いち段だん落らくさせられる	一いち段だん落らくさせられない
Volitional	一いち段だん落らくしよう
Polite volitional	一いち段だん落らくしましょう
Imperative	一いち段だん落らくしろ	一いち段だん落らくするな
Conditional	一いち段だん落らくすれば	一いち段だん落らくしなければ
Tara conditional	一いち段だん落らくしたら	一いち段だん落らくしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

reach a stopping point; settle down for the moment; complete a first stage

Used when work, a situation, or a busy period has come to a temporary pause or manageable stage before the next step. Common as 一段落する and 一段落つく.

仕し事ごとが一いち段だん落らくしたら、昼ひるご飯はんにしよう。
Once the work reaches a stopping point, let's have lunch.
引ひっ越こしの片かた付づけがようやく一いち段だん落らくついた。
The unpacking after the move has finally settled down for the moment.

noun

one paragraph

Literal counting use of 段落, referring to a single paragraph in a written text. This is a plain noun use, not the 'take a breather' sense.

この説せつ明めいを一いち段だん落らくにまとめてください。
Please summarize this explanation in one paragraph.

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Usage patterns

〈事こと〉が一いち段だん落らくするfor work or a matter to reach a temporary stopping point
仕し事ごとが一いち段だん落らくしたので、少すこし休きゅう憩けいしよう。
Work has reached a pause, so let's take a short break.
〈事こと〉に一いち段だん落らくがつくfor a matter to come to a temporary close
長なが引びいていた交こう渉しょうに一いち段だん落らくがついた。
The negotiations that had dragged on finally reached a stopping point.
一いち段だん落らくしてから〈動どう詞し〉to do something once things have settled down
一いち段だん落らくしてから旅りょ行こうに行いく予よ定ていだ。
I plan to go on a trip once things have settled down.

Expressions

一いち段だん落らくつけるsettle for the time being; complete the first stage

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
段grade, steps, stairs
落fall, drop, come down

Related words

区く切ぎりN1sense 1
区切り is a general word for a break or dividing point in anything, while 一段落 specifically describes work or a situation calming down to a manageable pause.
落おち着つくN3sense 1
落ち着く is a verb meaning to calm down or settle, whereas 一段落する is used when a task or process itself reaches a temporary stopping point.
小しょう康こう
小康 describes a lull in a serious or worsening situation like a conflict or market, while 一段落 more broadly means reaching a pause or stopping point in any task or process.

Don't confuse with

段だん落らくN2
段落 simply means 'a paragraph' in writing, while 一段落 usually means reaching a temporary pause or stage in a task rather than counting paragraphs.
一いち段だんN2
一段落 looks like it should mean 'one paragraph' but actually means 'a pause' or 'a lull' in an activity, unlike 一段 which literally can mean one paragraph or passage.
一ひと安あん心しん
一段落 means a task or situation has reached a temporary pause or stopping point, while 一安心 describes the feeling of relief that often accompanies such a pause, not the pause itself.

Written forms

一段落
- いちだんらく
  Standard high-priority spelling and reading; used both for reaching a pause in work and for the literal meaning 'one paragraph'.
- ひとだんらく
  Attested alternate reading. It is often easier to understand in speech as 'one stage/one paragraph,' but いちだんらく is the prioritized reading for 一段落.
ひと段だん落らく
Mixed kana-kanji spelling for the ひとだんらく reading; useful when the writer wants to make the reading ひと clear.
ひとだんらく

Etymology

A compound of 一 'one; a single' and 段落 'paragraph; section; stage.' The figurative sense developed from the idea of reaching one section or stage of a process.