いちだんらく
Ichidanraku
Other forms: ひと段落
Also read: ひとだんらく
一段落 (Ichidanraku) is a Japanese noun meaning “reaching a stopping place, settling down (before the next stage), getting to a point where one can rest, completing the first stage (of the work)”.
Meanings
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbreaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work)
- nounone paragraph
Examples
仕事が一段落したら行くよ。
When I am finished with what I am doing, I will come.
仕事は来週の今日までに一段落するはずです。
The work should let up by a week from today.
今回のプロジェクトが終わって、やっと一段落したって感じだね。
Now that the project has come to an end, I feel like I've finally come to a resting-place.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).