万が一

Japanese

Kanji in this term
万	一
まん Grade: 2	いち Grade: 1
on’yomi

Alternative spelling
萬が一 (kyūjitai)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) まんがいち [máꜜǹ gà ìchì] (Atamadaka – [1])[1][2][3]
IPA^(key): [mã̠ŋ ɡa̠ it͡ɕi]

Adverb

万(まん)が一(いち) • (mangaichi)

by any chance, just in case

Synonyms

万一(まんいち) (man'ichi)

Noun

万(まん)が一(いち) • (mangaichi)

a one in a million occurrence

Synonyms

万(まん)一(いち) (man'ichi)

References

2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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