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一瞬 (いっしゅん): a moment, an instant — Japanese vocabulary

一瞬 is read いっしゅん and means "a moment, an instant". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

一瞬

Reading
いっしゅん · isshun
Translation
a moment, an instant
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
いっしゅんが

Example

ヘッドライトがまぶしくて一瞬目がくらんだ。

ヘッドライトがまぶしくていっしゅんめがくらんだ。

The glaring headlights dazzled us for a moment.

Kanji in this word

  • 一 — one
  • 瞬 — blink, moment

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