Illustration: In a shared Japanese apartment, one roommate confidently drags the common low table into a new position while pushing the other roommate's cushion toward a cramped corner.

JLPT N2na-adjectiveLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ方ぽう的てき

ippouteki

one-sided, unilateral

Example sentences

  1. この件けんに関かんする彼かれの解釈かいしゃくはあまりにも一方的いっぽうてきだ。

    His interpretation of this matter is too one-sided.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 大人おとなの一方的いっぽうてきな観点かんてんからは、子供こどもたちの態度たいどはしばしば生意気なまいきに見みえる。

    From an adult’s one-sided point of view, children’s attitudes often seem to be disobedient.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. トムはメアリーに謝あやまろうと電話でんわをかけたが、彼女かのじょは一方的いっぽうてきに彼かれの電話でんわを切きった。

    Tom called Mary to apologize to her, but she hung up on him.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

Kanji in 一方的

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 方direction; personOnホウKunかた
  • 的bull's eye; markOnテキKunまと

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