いったい

一 体

Common word

  1. adverb (fukushi)

    (what) the heck, (why) in the world, (who) on earth
    before an interrogative, forms an emphatic question

    • 一体どこで彼に会ったんだ。
      Where on earth did you meet him?
    • いったいなぜ彼を駅に連れて行ったの？
      Why on earth did you take him to the station?

  2. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    one object, one body, unity

    • ストライキとは従業員の集団が一体となって就労を拒否することです。
      A strike is a mass refusal to work by a body of employees.

  3. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    one form, one style

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)

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

    generally, in general