► 名詞
一時 [(2)いちじ] meaning: once rank: 2
☆ 一時はどうなることかと心配した ⇨ At one point I was really worried what would happen
☆ 彼は一時は大人気だった ⇨ He was very popular at one time
一時 [(2)いちじ] meaning: temporary rank: 2
☆ 電車の運行が一時停止になった ⇨ The train service was temporarily suspended
一時 [(2)ひととき] [liter] meaning: time rank: 3
☆ それは一時相当流行した ⇨ That was pretty popular for some time (☛ A short period of time)
☆ 山でのどかな一時を過ごした ⇨ We spent some peaceful time in the mountain (☛ A short period of time)
一時 [いっとき] meaning: once rank: 4
☆ 彼女は一時は相当人気が有った ⇨ At one time she was pretty popular
More examples:
- 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥 ⇨ Asking is a momentary shame. Not asking (and never learning) is a lifetime shame
- 一時期若い女性の間でブーツが流行した ⇨ At one time boots were in vogue for young women
- 人々は一時の感情に簡単に流される ⇨ People get easily carried away by momentary emotions
- 裁判は一時休廷した ⇨ The court adjourned
- 被告が暴れだしたため一時閉廷した ⇨ The court was temporarily closed, trial was suspended, because the defendant became violent
- もう一時間以上順番待ちをしている ⇨ I’ve been waiting for my turn for over an hour now
- 悪天候につき一時運転見合わせ中です ⇨ The operation has been suspended due to the inclement weather
- 結果は一時間で分かる ⇨ The result will be known in one hour
- 彼は一時的に帰国した ⇨ He temporarily went back to his home country
- この映画の長さは約一時間半だ ⇨ The length of this movie is about an hour and a half
- マラソンを一時間で走るのは無理だ ⇨ It is impossible to run a marathon in one hour
- 昼休みは普通十二時から一時までだ ⇨ The noon, lunch, break is usually from 12 to 1
- 修理には一時間くらいかかる ⇨ The repair takes about an hour
- これを一時間でやるなんて到底無理だ ⇨ There is no way I can do this in one hour
- これを一時間でやれなんて無茶だ ⇨ It is unreasonable to demand I get this done in one hour