Word details

一向に

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 一向に.

Dictionary

Entry

一向にいっこうにAdverbFreq #5741
1

completely; absolutely; totally

Examples
健康のせいで仕事がいっこうにはかどらない。
My health makes me a very slow worker.
2

In a negative sentence

(not) at all; (not) a bit; (not) in the least

Examples
彼の言うことは僕には一向にわからない。
I can make nothing of what he says.
3

earnestly; intently; determinedly

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

one, one radical (no.1)

1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1

On

イチイツ

Kun

ひと-ひと.つ

Nanori

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

yonder, facing, beyond, confront, defy, tend toward, approach

6 strokesFrequency 182JLPT N2Grade 3

On

コウ

Kun

む.くむ.い-む.きむ.ける-む.けむ.かうむ.かいむ.こうむ.こう-むこむか.い

Nanori

こおむかむかいむこう

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