Japanese Dictionary

Meaning of 今一(いまいち) in Japanese

今一, 今一つ, いま一つ, 今ひとつ
Kana Reading
いまいち, いまひとつ, イマイチ
Romaji
imaichi, imahitotsu, imaichi
Word Senses
  • Parts of speech
    adjectival nouns or quasi-adjectives (keiyodoshi), adverb (fukushi)
    Meaning
    one more; another; the other
    Example sentence
    実験結果今ひとつぱっとしなかった Our experimental results left something to be desired.
  • Parts of speech
    Meaning
    not quite; not very good; lacking
    Example sentence
    純粋に、ミクシィユーザーが言うところの「ってどんにはいまいちのだ It's simply that I don't really understand what an "oddball" is when said by a Mixi user.

Examples of 今一, 今一つ, いま一つ, 今ひとつ, いまいち, いまひとつ, イマイチ in a sentence



Kanji in this word

JLPT 5

4 strokes

now

On'Yomi: コン, キン

Kun'Yomi: いま

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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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