一回

Chinese

one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
to circle; to go back; to turn around
to circle; to go back; to turn around; to answer; to return; to revolve; (a measure word for matters or actions) a time; Islam
 
simp. and trad.
(一回)

Pronunciation


Adverb

一回

  1. once
  2. for a while

Noun

一回

  1. chapter one (of a novel etc)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
いち > いっ
Grade: 1
かい
Grade: 2
on'yomi
Alternative spellings
1回
1回

Etymology

Compound of (ichi, one) +‎ (kai, number of times).

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) っか [ìkkáꜜì] (Nakadaka – [3])[1] e.g. "一回です", "一回は", "一回の", "一回に"
  • (Tokyo) っかい [ìkkáí] (Heiban – [0])[1] e.g. "一回+verb", "一回もない", "一回だけ"
  • IPA(key): [ik̚ka̠i]
Pitch accent of 回 depends on what word comes after.

Noun

(いっ)(かい) • (ikkai

  1. one time
    もう(いっ)(かい)
    ikkai!
    Again!
  2. one round; one bout
Japanese counter/suffix: (かい, kai, "times; occurrences")
NumberKanjiKanaRomaji
1一回いっかいikkai
2二回にかいnikai
3三回さんかいsankai
4四回よんかいyonkai
5五回ごかいgokai
6六回ろっかいrokkai
7七回ななかい、しちかいnanakai, shichikai
8八回はっかい、はちかいhakkai, hachikai
9九回きゅうかいkyūkai
10十回じっかい、じゅっかいjikkai, jukkai
11十一回じゅういっかいjūikkai
12十二回じゅうにかいjūnikai
13十三回じゅうさんかいjūsankai
20二十回にじっかい、にじゅっかいnijikkai, nijukkai
21二十一回にじゅういっかいnijūikkai
100百回ひゃっかいhyakkai
1,000千回せんかいsenkai
10,000一万回いちまんかいichimankai
100,000,000一億回いちおくかいichiokukai
00回零回ゼロかい、れいかいzerokai, reikai
?何回なんかいnankai

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN