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いったい

一体

ittai

very common

English

(what) on earth, really

नेपाली

आखिर, कहाँसम्म

Examples

  1. 一体いったいどうしたのでしょう。

    What on earth happened?

  2. 一体いったいいつになったら景気けいきが回復かいふくするのでしょう。

    When on earth will the economy recover?

  3. 一体いったい何なにが原因げんいんなのかをめぐって、議論ぎろんが続つづいています。

    Debate continues over what on earth the cause is.

How to write it

Stroke order for each kanji — tap replay to watch again.

一 1 stroke
体 7 strokes

Stroke data from KanjiVG (CC BY-SA 3.0).

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