いったい – Vocabulary details

いったい

Adverb

1. (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth; (where) the hell; (how) the hell

before an interrogative; forms an emphatic question

一いっ体たい、あなたは何なにを考かんがえているのですか。What on earth are you thinking?

Noun

2. one object; one body; one unit; one group; one mass

心こころと体からだは一いっ体たいだ。Mind and body are one.

3. one form; one style; one format; one fashion

4. one Buddhist image; one carving; one sculpture

5. one corpse; one sample (of bones, remains, etc.)

Adverb

6. generally; in general; on the whole; by and large; for the most part

also as ～に

7. strictly speaking; in the first place; originally; to begin with

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... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

generally; in general

心こころと体からだはいったいだ。

Mind and body are one.

いったい、何なにが言いいたいんだ？

What on earth are you trying to say?

彼かれはいったい何なに者ものだろう。

Who on earth is he?

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