いっぽう

一 方

Common word

  1. noun (common) (futsuumeishi)

    one (esp. of two), the other, one way, the other way, one direction, the other direction, one side, the other side, one party, the other party

    • 床は緑色に塗られていたが、一方壁は黄色だった。
      The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.

  2. conjunction

    on the one hand, on the other hand

    • しかし、その一方、ラテン語はそのときまでに「死語」となっていた。
      But, then again, Latin was already a "dead language" by that time.

  3. conjunction

    whereas, although, but at the same time, meanwhile, in turn

  4. noun (common) (futsuumeishi), noun, used as a suffix, adverb (fukushi)

    just keeps, being inclined to ..., tending to be ..., tending to do ..., continuously ..., just keeps on ...ing, only
    after noun, adjective-stem or plain verb

    • 本屋で英語関係の本を見つけると、次々に買ってしまって、読まずにいるので、たまる一方です。
      I always buy the English-language books I come across at bookstores. But since I never read them, all they do is pile up.