Illustration: In a neighborhood garden, one low rope runs between short posts, separating a gravel visitor path from carefully raked soil and young plants. A child on the path raises a foot toward an attractive fallen ball beyond the rope.

JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

一いっ線せん

issen

boundary, dividing line

Example sentences

  1. それは超こえちゃいけない一線いっせんだよ。

    That’s a line that shouldn’t be crossed.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 彼かれは愛想あいそのいい奴やつだが気軽きがるに踏ふみ込こませない一線いっせんを持もっていた。

    He was an amiable fellow, but had a certain reserve that he would not let you casually trespass upon.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 下記かきの点てんなど、それまでの墳墓ふんぼとは明あきらかに一線いっせんを画かくしている。

    There is a clear distinction between Hashihaka-kofun Tumulus and the tombs protruding from the earth that precede it with respect to the points mentioned below:

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 一線

  • 一oneOnイチ・イツKunひと-・ひとつ
  • 線line; trackOnセンKunすじ

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