一丁

Japanese
Kanji in this term
一 丁
いち > いっ
Grade: 1		 ちょう
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • (Tokyo) い​っちょー [íꜜtchòò] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
  • IPA(key): [it̚t͡ɕo̞ː]

Noun

一(いっ)丁(ちょう) • (itchō) 

  1. one block, one neighborhood; a section of a city [a. 12th century][2]
  2. (archaic) a unit of distance equal to 60 間 ken, about 109 meters
  3. (archaic) a unit of area equal to 10 段 (段) tan, about 9,917 square meters

Adverb

一(いっ)丁(ちょう) • (itchō) ←いつちやう (itutyau)?

  1. well; then
  2. giving it a shot, one time
    いっちょやってみようか。
    Itcho yattemiyō ka.
    I might as well give it a shot.

References
  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  2. Shōgaku Tosho (1988) 国語大辞典（新装版） [Unabridged Dictionary of Japanese (Revised Edition)] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
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