イッタイ – Vocabulary details

イッタイ

Adverb

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

before an interrogative, forms an emphatic question

Noun

2. one object; one body; unity

3. one form; one style

4. one Buddhist image (or carving, etc.)

Adverb

Noun

5. generally; in general

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ッタイ

(feeling of) identification; sense of unity

unification; integration

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

いったいイッタイ、何なにが言いいたいんだ？

What on earth are you trying to say?

いったいイッタイあなたは何なにをしているのですか。

What in the world are you doing?

これはいったいイッタイ何なになんだ？

What in the world is this?

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