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    3. 一進一退

    一進一退

    一いっ進しん一いっ退たい

    now advancing and now retreating

    KMT8News #25+1Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab22 strokes

    いっしんいったい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive, Particle

    1.
    now advancing and now retreating, ebb and flow, seesawing, taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
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    病びょう状じょうは一いっ進しん一いっ退たいを繰くり返かえしている。

    The patient's condition is seesawing (fluctuating).

    KMT5Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    交こう渉しょうは一いっ進しん一いっ退たいの攻こう防ぼうが続つづいている。

    The negotiations continue with a seesawing struggle.

    KMT8Business & FinancePolitics & Law
    試し合あいは両りょうチームの一いっ進しん一いっ退たいの攻こう防ぼうとなり、観かん客きゃくを魅み了りょうした。

    The game became a seesawing battle between both teams, captivating the audience.

    KMT8Sports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology
    人じん生せいは常つねに一いっ進しん一いっ退たいで、良いい時ときもあれば悪わるい時ときもある。

    Life is always an ebb and flow; there are good times and bad times.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    経けい済ざい状じょう況きょうは一いっ進しん一いっ退たいを繰くり返かえし、先さき行ゆきが不ふ透とう明めいだ。

    The economic situation is fluctuating, and the outlook is uncertain.

    KMT9Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    進
    すす.む・すす.める…(2)
    advance・proceed・progress・promote
    退
    しりぞ.く・しりぞ.ける・ひ.く・の.く・の.ける・ど.く…(1)
    retreat・withdraw・retire・resign・repel…(2)
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