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一気呵成 (ikkikasei) Japanese meaning: in one go | Kotomora
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ろん
文ぶん
を
書か
き
上あ
げ
た
。
He wrote the paper in one go.
This painting was done in a single breath.
Related words 一いっ 気き に 一気に is a common adverb meaning 'all at once' or 'in one go', while 一気呵成 is a more formal yojijukugo emphasizing completion without pause.
一いっ 気き 一気 is a noun meaning 'one breath' or 'one go', often used in phrases like 一気に飲む (drink in one gulp). 一気呵成 is a compound that extends this idea to finishing a task.
Etymology The Sino-Japanese reading of the Chinese idiom 一気呵成, literally completing something in a single breath, hence doing it continuously in one effort.
