万まん一いち
Meanings
Noun
1. (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario); (lit.) 10000 to 1
Adverb
Adjective (の)
2. (if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that
Kanji used
ten thousand
one
Pitch accent
ま
んいち
Top 8600
Composed of
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
to provide against contingencies; to prepare for the worst
(if) by some very rare chance; in the very unlikely event that ...
Examples (20 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?