Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 乾坤一擲(けんこんいってき) in Japanese

乾坤一擲
Kana Reading
けんこんいってき
Romaji
kenkon'itteki
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
    Meaning
    stake all (on something); play for all or nothing; throwing all into a task
    Example sentence
    乾坤一擲の大勝負。情けないけどこれが見事空振りに終わったんだなあ。 It was all-or-nothing and we struck out spectacularly.

Examples of 乾坤一擲, けんこんいってき in a sentence

Kanji in this word

乾 JLPT 2

11 strokes

drought, dry, dessicate, drink up, heaven, emperor

On'Yomi: カン, ケン

Kun'Yomi: かわ.く, かわ.かす, ほ.す, ひ.る, いぬい

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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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坤

8 strokes

divination sign, land, earth

On'Yomi: コン

Kun'Yomi: つち, ひつじさる

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擲

18 strokes

hit, resign

On'Yomi: テキ, チャク, ジャク

Kun'Yomi: なぐ.る, なげう.つ

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