Illustration: In a home kitchen, a grandparent peels an entire apple in one continuous motion. The apple is almost bare, and a single long ribbon of peel hangs unbroken from the knife, spiraling down into an empty bowl. There are no separate peel fragments on the work surface.

JLPT N2adverbLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ気きに

ikkini

in one go, without stopping

Example sentences

チマチマやるより一気いっきにやったほうが効率こうりついい。
It’s more efficient to do it all at once than to do it bit by bit.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
子供こどもがその小説しょうせつを一気いっきに読破どくはするのは不可能ふかのうだ。
It is impossible for children to read through the novel at a sitting.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source
興奮こうふんした女性じょせいは一気いっきに事故じこについて説明せつめいしようとした。
The excited woman tried to explain the accident all in one breath.
Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一気

一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
気spirit; mindOnキ・ケKunいき・き

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