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一応 (いちおう): tentatively, for the time being — Japanese vocabulary

一応 is read いちおう and means "tentatively, for the time being". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

一応

Reading
いちおう · ichiou
Translation
tentatively, for the time being
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
いちおうが

Example

ええ、先方から一応返事はありました。

ええ、せんぽうからいちおうへんじはありました。

Yeah, there was some sort of reply from them.

Kanji in this word

  • 一 — one
  • 応 — respond, correspond

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