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Learn Hardcore Japanese: itiou - just in case

Hardcore Japanese
/Lesson 46
/ichiou

ichiou

Word

一応いちおうichiou

Meaning

just in case

Part of speech

adverb

Pronunciation

Course

Hardcore Japanese

Lesson

Usages of ichiou

契約けいやく　の　前まえ　に、　窓まど　や　エアコン　の　状態じょうたい　を　一応いちおう　確認かくにんして　おきます。keiyaku no mae ni, mado ya eakon no joutai o ichiou kakuninshite okimasu.

Before signing the contract, I’ll check the condition of the windows and air conditioner just in case.

Nihon-shiki romanizationwatasi ha tyuugoku kara kimasita

Hepburn romanizationwatashi wa chuugoku kara kimashita

ちなみに、　一応いちおう　母はは　に　も　写真しゃしん　を　見みせたら、　この　部屋へや　なら　安心あんしん　だ　ね　と　言いって　くれた。chinamini, ichiou haha ni mo shashin o misetara, kono heya nara anshin da ne to itte kureta.

By the way, when I showed the photos to my mother too, just in case, she said, “If it’s this room, it seems reassuring.”

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