イッタイ
Meanings
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
What on earth are you thinking?
Noun
2. one object; one body; one unit; one group; one mass
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
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (16 in total)
(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?")
Examples (51 in total)
Mind and body are one.
What on earth are you trying to say?
Who on earth is he?
Where on earth was it installed?
What on earth have they been telling you?
What on earth could that state of mind have been?
It is a movement that combines offense and defense.
Where can Yoko have gone?
What's wrong with that guy?
Did you read it at all?
What on earth is he saying?
Do you know her at all?
What in the world is this?
I wonder where she lives.
There was one doll.
What on earth is all the fuss about?
Well, what on earth is going on here?!
How on earth did you know that?
What the hell is wrong with you today?
Can his story be true?
If not now, then when?
Can the report be true?
I wonder what ever will become of the child.
Just what part of it is a respectable activity?
What on earth did we sign this contract for?
What exactly is involved in this matter?
There's a single doll on the shelf.
I wonder how much they're spending under the pretext of an inspection.
How on earth does it grow like this?
Can it be true that he is ill?
Just how far has this world evolved?
Really, what on earth is going on?
What on earth spurred them to such an action?
Jeff pressed for an explanation of what was going on.
"Ahh! What was that, Mommy?" "Don't be scared. It's just the wind."
Wondering what on earth a fun conversation even is, I search desperately for a topic.
Why do we need to learn this stuff anyway?
Nobody knows what it is that has been bothering him so much.
It's a strangely large package, but what on earth is inside?
More importantly, who exactly broke off the cherry blossom branch, and how?
Where did the time I spent yesterday go?
How much money and time are you planning to pour into it?
Just how far do you have to toy with people's hearts before you're satisfied?
I wonder who started saying that expressing emotions is vulgar.
I have no clue what Tom is talking about.
What on earth happened to lead to this situation?
Have you ever wondered how many stars are in the sky?
The feeling of galloping along as one with the horse, with the wind on my face, is wonderful.
If this airplane were to be hijacked, what in the world would you do?
What sort of person would do that kind of thing?
I haven't heard anything from him since then. I wonder what in the world he's doing.