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Meaning of 今一歩(いまいっぽ) in Japanese

Reading and JLPT level 今一歩, いま一歩

Kana Reading いまいっぽ

Romaji imaippo

Parts of speech

noun (common) (futsuumeishi), adverb (fukushi)

Meaning

one more; another; the other; not quite

Example sentence

監督はチームをトーナメント優勝に今一歩という所までもっていったのに悔しいことだった。 It was annoying, as the manager took his team to a near-miss in the tournament.
Parts of speech

Meaning

close run; just falling short of success

Examples of 今一歩, いま一歩, いまいっぽ in a sentence

監督はチームをトーナメント優勝に今一歩という所までもっていったのに悔しいことだった。

It was annoying, as the manager took his team to a near-miss in the tournament.

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Kanji in this word

歩 JLPT 4

8 strokes

walk, counter for steps

On'Yomi: ホ, ブ, フ

Kun'Yomi: ある.く, あゆ.む

今 JLPT 5

4 strokes

now

On'Yomi: コン, キン

Kun'Yomi: いま

一 JLPT 5

1 stroke

one, one radical (no.1)

On'Yomi: イチ, イツ

Kun'Yomi: ひと-, ひと.つ

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