まんいち
Meanings
Noun
1. (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1
Adverb
2. (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
Pitch accent
んいち
Composed of
10,000; ten thousand; myriad
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
by any chance; ten thousand to one
Examples (18 in total)
Don't get discouraged if you should fail.
If you were to quit your job, what would you do?
Should I fail, what would my parents say?