一画

いっかく

Also written １画, 一劃

Meanings

1. Noun one plot (of land); one (city) block; one area; one lot
2. one brush stroke; one kanji stroke

Kanji

• 一 one. Read as イチ.
• 画 plan. Read as カク.

Example sentences

• 私は生まれてこの方同じ隣人で、この一画に住んでいます。
  I have lived on this block, and next to the same neighbor, all my life.
• これでこの一画は少なくとも２０匹ニジマスがいるわけだ。
  So now there are at least 20 rainbow trout in this area.

Words containing 一画

• 一点一画 (いってんいっかく) the dots of i's and the crosses of t's
• 一点一画もおろそかにしない (いってんいっかくもおろそかにしない) always dot the i's and cross the t's

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