一挙両得 | Japanese meaning

一挙両得【いっきょりょうとく】

Frequency rank: 50,150. – 51,356.

Alsoいっきょりょうとく

noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

This phrase is used to describe a situation where one action achieves two benefits or results.

To achieve two objectives, I made a plan that serves two ends.

Example sentences2 results

It will kill two birds with one stone.

Desktop publishing lets you produce books quickly and cheaply. It's like killing two birds with one stone.

国語辞典Japanese definitions

N51

意one; one radical (no.1)

訓ひと-、ひと.つ

音イチ、イツ

名かず、い、いっ、いる、かつ、かづ、てん、はじめ、ひ、ひとつ、まこと

N14

意raise; plan; project; behavior; actions

訓あ.げる、あ.がる、こぞ.る

音キョ

名たか

N33

意both; old Japanese coin; counter for carriages (e.g., in a train); two

訓てる、ふたつ

音リョウ

名もろ

N34

意gain; get; find; earn; acquire; can; may; able to; profit; advantage; benefit

訓え.る、う.る

音トク

名あつ、てろ