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一体

いったい

Readings

いったい

Meanings

  1. 1.
    adv(what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth; (where) the hell; (how) the hell
  2. 2.
    none object; one body; one unit; one group; one mass
  3. 3.
    none form; one style; one format; one fashion
  4. 4.
    none Buddhist image; one carving; one sculpture
  5. 5.
    none corpse; one sample (of bones, remains, etc.)
  6. 6.
    advgenerally; in general; on the whole; by and large; for the most part
  7. 7.
    advstrictly speaking; in the first place; originally; to begin with

Kanji breakdown

N21 strokesGrade 1
N37 strokesGrade 2

Example sentences

一体どこで彼に会ったんだ。

Where on earth did you meet him?

いったいなぜ彼を駅に連れて行ったの?

Why on earth did you take him to the station?

ストライキとは従業員の集団が一体となって就労を拒否することです。

A strike is a mass refusal to work by a body of employees.

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一体いったい

(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style

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