"万が一" meaning in Japanese

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Adverb

IPA: [ma̠ŋ ɡa̠ it͡ɕi] Forms: 万が一 [canonical] (ruby: (まん), (いち)), man ga ichi [romanization]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 萬一 /万一 (wànyī). Etymology templates: {{clq|ja|zh|萬一}} Calque of Chinese 萬一 /万一 (wànyī) Head templates: {{ja-pos|adverb|まん が いち}} 万(まん)が一(いち) • (man ga ichi)
  1. by any chance, just in case Synonyms: 万一 (man'ichi) (ruby: 万一(まんいち))
    Sense id: en-万が一-ja-adv-VvMbfmoz Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 94 6 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 89 11 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 44 56 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 90 10 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 97 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3

Noun

IPA: [ma̠ŋ ɡa̠ it͡ɕi] Forms: 万が一 [canonical] (ruby: (まん), (いち)), man ga ichi [romanization]
Etymology: Calque of Chinese 萬一 /万一 (wànyī). Etymology templates: {{clq|ja|zh|萬一}} Calque of Chinese 萬一 /万一 (wànyī) Head templates: {{ja-noun|まん が いち}} 万(まん)が一(いち) • (man ga ichi)
  1. a one in a million occurrence Synonyms: 万一 (man'ichi) (ruby: (まん), (いち))
    Sense id: en-万が一-ja-noun-ismDAgQd Categories (other): Japanese terms with 2 kanji Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 44 56
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  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "adv",
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          "_dis": "89 11",
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        "by any chance, just in case"
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          "by any chance",
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              "万一",
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      "ipa": "[ma̠ŋ ɡa̠ it͡ɕi]"
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        "by any chance, just in case"
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        "a one in a million occurrence"
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Download raw JSONL data for 万が一 meaning in Japanese (2.9kB)

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  "title": "万が一",
  "trace": ""
}

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