一通り

ひととおり

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective, Adverb generally; in the main; briefly (look over, explain, etc.); roughly; more or less
2. Noun (more or less) everything; all parts; bit of everything; whole process
3. の-adjective ordinary; usual; average; common (usu. in the negative)
4. Noun one method

Kanji

• 一 one. Read as ひと.
• 通 pass through. Read as とおり.

Example sentences

• この商店街は地元では唯一のショッピング街で、日用品から勉強に必要なものまで一通り揃ってしまう。
  This shopping district is the only high street in the local area; it stocks the whole line-up from products for daily life to school study equipment.
• 私は生け花を一通りは習いました。
  I have learned the basics of the art of flower arrangement.
• 僕は彼に事件のいきさつを一通り話した。
  I gave him an outline of the incident.
• 一通りの挨拶が済むと早速例の問題を持ち出した。
  After the usual greetings were over, I lost no time in introducing the subject in question.
• これを聞いた時の彼女の嘆きは一通りでなかった。
  Her grief at this news was excessive.

Common phrases

• 一通り揃う (ひととおりそろう) to have the (full, general) selection available

Words containing 一通り

• 一通り揃う (ひととおりそろう) to have the (full, general) selection available
• 並一通り (なみひととおり) ordinary

Word lists

• JLPT N2
• Written

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