いっぱつ
Ippatsu
Other forms: １発
一発 (Ippatsu) is a Japanese noun meaning “one shot, one charge, one explosion, one blow”.
Meanings
- nounone shot; one charge; one explosion
- nounone blow; one punch
- nounhome run
- noun, adverbone try; one attempt
- nounwin on the first go-around after calling rīchi
- nounippatsu (comp. karuta); taking a card which is read immediately after sending it
Examples
彼女は銃を一発うった。
She shot a gun.
彼は一発の弾丸で殺された。
He was killed by a single bullet.
彼は私の肩をいっぱつ打った。
He dealt me a blow on the shoulder.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).