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一人前  [いちにんまえ]    meaning:  competent  rank: 3
☆ 一人前の職人になるには相当時間かる ⇨ It takes a fair amount of time to be a competent craftsman  (☛ Literally “one-person’s worth”)

一丁前  [いっちょうまえ]  [coll]    meaning:  competent  rank: 3
☆ あいつはだけは一丁前だ ⇨ Only his mouth is a grown man. The rest is still a baby  (☛ Literally “one-person’s worth”)

いっちょ前  [いっちょまえ]  [一丁前]  [coll]  [contempt]    meaning:  competent  rank: 3
☆ いっちょ前の口利くな ⇨ Don’t talk like you know what you’re doing. Don’t be cocky