LingakuFrequency rank: 1,579. – 1,580.
- one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party
- on the one hand; on the other handsee also 他方
- whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn
- just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; onlyafter noun, adjective-stem or plain verb
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
conjunction
noun (common) (futsuumeishi); noun, used as a suffix; adverb (fukushi)
Forms
Generated definitions (experimental)
- one (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way; one direction; the other direction; one side; the other side; one party; the other party
- on the one hand; on the other hand
- whereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile; in turn
- just keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...; continuously ...; just keeps on ...ing; only
This meaning is used to compare two contrasting entities or sides in a situation.
Person A likes soccer. On the other hand, Person B likes basketball.
This expression is often used to present two differing perspectives or aspects of an argument.
This product is expensive. On the one hand, it is very high quality.
This usage serves to show contrast or a simultaneous occurrence of two different situations.
He is good at math. Conversely, I am good at the humanities.
This meaning conveys a sense of persistence or a habitual action, often implying a one-sided tendency.
Generated collocations (experimental)
いっぽう一方にかたよる偏るto lean to one sideいっぽう一方でon the one handいっぽう一方はone side (of an argument or situation)はんたい反対のいっぽう一方the other sideいっぽうつうこう一方通行one-way trafficいっぽうてき一方的なけってい決定unilateral decisionいっぽう一方のいけん意見one party's opinionいっぽう一方のかんてん観点one perspectiveいっぽう一方でのかだい課題issues on one sideいっぽう一方をしじ支持するto support one sideいっぽう一方にそんざい存在するto exist on one sideいっぽう一方からのけんかい見解viewpoint from one sideいっぽうてき一方的にすすめる進めるto proceed unilaterally
Example sentences
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On the other hand, there seem to be those among young folk who, while touching on Buddhism, have started to think of it as a vital spiritual support.
2. せいふ政府がこんこっかい今国会へのかいせいあん改正案ていしゅつ提出のみおくり見送りほうしんをかためた方針を固めたことをかんげい歓迎するいっぽう一方、こいずみ小泉しゅしょう首相がていしゅつ提出だんねん断念をめいげん明言していないてん点をけいかい警戒するこえ声もあがった上がった。
While welcoming the firming up of the present government policy to abandon the proposal of the reform bill to the Diet, at the same time some are worried that Prime Minister Koizumi won't clearly state the bill's withdrawal.
Distrust of the Social Insurance Agency and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare just keeps getting stronger.
Some residents took a wait-and-see attitude while others prepared for heavy flooding.
I always buy the English-language books I come across at bookstores. But since I never read them, all they do is pile up.
I called Susan to apologize to her, but she hung up on me.
She has two cats. One is black, and the other is white.
9. かのじょ彼女は、じぶん自分やじぶん自分のおしえご教え子たち達はとてもゆたか豊かであるのに、いっぽう一方ではひじょうに非常にまずしい貧しいひとびと人々がいるというじじつ事実をうけいれる受け入れることができなかった。
She could not accept the fact that she and her students had so much while other people had so little.
I appreciated her kindness, while I feel it burdensome.
12. ていちんぎん低賃金、れつあく劣悪なろうどうじょうけん労働条件、いっぽうてき一方的なくびきり首切りなどのけいざい経済・ろうどうもんだい労働問題はもとより、かくしゅ各種のじんどうてき人道的もんだい問題までもひきおこしている引き起こしている。
Of course, they are suffering from terrible working conditions such as low wages and arbitrary layoffs, as well as from various forms of discrimination.
There're many rich Americans. On the other hand some Americans are very poor.
From an adult's one-sided point of view, children's attitudes often seem to be disobedient.
15. せんしん先進しょこく諸国ではしゅっしょうりつ出生率のじょうしょう上昇がはかられる図られるいっぽう一方で、はってんとじょうこく発展途上国ではしゅっしょうりつ出生率のよくせい抑制がさけばれる叫ばれる。これはせんしんこく先進国がわ側のえごエゴととらえられ、はってんとじょうこく発展途上国がわ側とのごういけいせい合意形成はきわめて極めてむずかしい難しいことになろう。
While the birth rate is intended to be decreased in developing countries, that of developed nations is selfishly planned to be increased, resulting in the difficulty of getting mutual consent.
The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.
I have read sixty pages, while he has read only ten.
Quarrels would not last long if the fault were only on one side.
While there are some people who use the Internet to learn foreign languages, there are others, living on less than a dollar a day, who cannot even read their own language.
20. きぎょう企業しゃかい社会がかのじょら彼女らのかつやく活躍のば場をどうようい用意できるか、もおおきな大きなかだい課題だが、いっぽう一方でこれからのにっぽんしゃかい日本社会がひつようとする必要とするそうぞうせい創造性ゆたか豊かなじんざい人材を、きょういくさんぎょう教育産業がどういくせい育成し、ていきょう提供していけるかもじゅうよう重要だ。
One problem is how the enterprises arrange posts for excellent female students, but another important point is whether the educational industry can grow and supply creative students needed for Japan's future.