一方

nounいっぽう · ippou

1. Englishone (esp. of two); the other; one way; the other way

   • 床は緑色に塗られていたが、一方壁は黄色だった。The floor was painted green, while the walls were yellow.

2. Englishon the one hand; on the other hand

   • しかし、その一方、ラテン語はそのときまでに「死語」となっていた。But, then again, Latin was already a "dead language" by that time.

3. Englishwhereas; although; but at the same time; meanwhile

4. Englishjust keeps; being inclined to ...; tending to be ...; tending to do ...

   • 本屋で英語関係の本を見つけると、次々に買ってしまって、読まずにいるので、たまる一方です。I always buy the English-language books I come across at bookstores. But since I never read them, all they do is pile up.

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