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一旦 (いったん): once, for a moment — Japanese vocabulary

一旦 is read いったん and means "once, for a moment". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

一旦

Reading
いったん · ittan
Translation
once, for a moment
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
いったんが

Example

彼女はいったん話し始めると止めどがない。

かのじょはいったんはなしはじめるととめどがない。

Once she starts talking, she is hard to stop.

Kanji in this word

  • 一 — one
  • 旦 — Daybreak, Dawn, Morning

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