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    3. 一本やり

    一本やり

    一いっ本ぽんや​り​

    sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.)

    NTEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab11 strokes

    一本槍

    いっぽんやり

    Noun, Suffix

    1.
    sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.), never deviating from, persisting with, focusing solely on, devotion to, single spear
    idiomatic expression

    Noun

    2.
    one's sole talent, one's only forte
    idiomatic expression

    Stroke 0 / 11

    Speed1.0x

    Characters that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    本
    もと…(3)
    book・present・main・origin・true…(2)
    Kanji
    や
    ya
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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