Illustration: At a sewing corner in a Japanese apartment, a beginner lifts their newly finished cloth shopping bag from the table, demonstrating that it holds a daikon, spring onions and a carton without coming apart.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

一いち応おう

ichiou

more or less

Can qualify a claim of completion or ability. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

ええ、先方せんぽうから一応いちおう返事へんじはありました。
Yeah, there was some sort of reply from them.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
そのスチュワーデスは、一応いちおうフランス語ごを話はなすことができる。
The stewardess can speak French after a fashion.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
「お前料理まえりょうりできるの？」「一応いちおうできるよ。味あじは保証ほしょうしかねるけど」
"Can you cook?" "More or less. I can’t guarantee it’ll taste good though."
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Kanji in 一応

一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
応answer; respondOnオウ・ヨウ・-ノウKunあたる・まさに・こたえる

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