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    3. 一か八か

    一か八か

    一いちか​八ばちか​

    sink or swim

    NTParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab9 strokes

    一かばちか

    いちかばちかイチかバチか

    Particle

    1.
    sink or swim, all or nothing, hit or miss, make or break

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    八
    や・や.つ・やっ.つ・よう…(7)
    eight・eight radical (no. 12)
    Kanji
    か
    ka
    Kana
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