いっぱつ
Meanings
Noun
1. shot; charge; explosion
2. blow; punch
3. home run
Adverb
Noun
4. try; attempt
Noun
Mahjong
5. win on the first go-around after calling riichi
Pitch accent
っぱつ
っぱつ
Used in vocabulary (15 in total)
by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment
to have sex; to bang someone
to hit (someone) once; to give (somebody) a punch; to intimidate (someone)
Examples (5 in total)
He was killed by a single bullet.
Kunihiko hit the target with his first shot.
Tom received a heavy blow on the head.
He was knocked out by a punch in the first round.
If I were Tom, I would've punched Mary in the face.