Word details
一寸先
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 一寸先.
Dictionary
Entry
1
an inch ahead; the immediate future
Examples
霧がとても濃かったので、一寸先も見えなかった。
The mist was so dense that I could not see even an inch ahead.
Character notes
Kanji in this Word
一
one, one radical (no.1)
1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1
On
イチイツ
Kun
ひと-ひと.つ
Nanori
かずいいっいるかつかづてんはじめひひとつまこと
寸
measurement, tenth of a shaku, a little, small
3 strokesFrequency 1,669JLPT N1Grade 6
On
スン
Nanori
すみき
先
before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
6 strokesFrequency 173JLPT N4Grade 1
On
セン
Kun
さきま.ず
Nanori
ぽん
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