Word details
一進一退
Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 一進一退.
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Entry
1
now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
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
進
advance, proceed, progress, promote
10 strokesFrequency 142JLPT N3Grade 3
On
シン
Kun
すす.むすす.める
Nanori
のぶ
退
retreat, withdraw, retire, resign, repel, expel, reject
8 strokesFrequency 424JLPT N2Grade 6
On
タイ
Kun
しりぞ.くしりぞ.けるひ.くの.くの.けるど.く
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