一味|いちみichimi[2]nakadaka (mid-high)
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- nounclan; partisans; conspirators; gang; ring; crew
- noun, suru verb, intransitive verbparticipation (e.g. in a plot)
- nounone flavour; one charm
- nounone ingredient (in traditional Chinese medicine)
- noun, Buddhismuniversality (of the teachings of Buddha)
Conjugation
| Dictionary form | 一味する(いちみする) |
|---|---|
| Polite (masu) | 一味します(いちみします) |
| Negative (nai) | 一味しない(いちみしない) |
| polite (masen) | 一味しません(いちみしません) |
| classical zu / nu | 一味せず・一味せぬ(いちみせず・いちみせぬ) |
| Past (ta) | 一味した(いちみした) |
| polite (mashita) | 一味しました(いちみしました) |
| Past negative (nakatta) | 一味しなかった(いちみしなかった) |
| polite (masen deshita) | 一味しませんでした(いちみしませんでした) |
| Te form | 一味して(いちみして) |
| Potential | 一味できる(いちみできる) |
| Passive | 一味される(いちみされる) |
| Causative | 一味させる(いちみさせる) |
| Causative passive | 一味させられる(いちみさせられる) |
| Conditional (ba) | 一味すれば(いちみすれば) |
| tara | 一味したら(いちみしたら) |
| Volitional | 一味しよう(いちみしよう) |
| polite (mashou) | 一味しましょう(いちみしましょう) |
| Imperative | 一味しろ(いちみしろ) |
Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.
- Synonym一党いっとうWrittenA written/formal term for a single party or faction, not necessarily derogatory. 「一味」 usually means accomplices in wrongdoing.
- Synonym輩やからWrittenA written/formal term for a derogatory bunch of people, as in 「不逞の輩」. 「一味」 stresses accomplices in the same plot.
- Synonym群れむれNeutralA group or flock, mostly for animals but also used contemptuously of people; no conspiracy nuance. 「一味」 means accomplices.
- Synonym連中れんちゅうCasualColloquial for that bunch or lot, often contemptuous; they need not be accomplices. 「一味」 stresses partners in wrongdoing.
- Synonym徒党ととうNeutralA group banded together to plot something; derogatory, as in 「徒党を組む」. 「一味」 stresses the accomplices already inside such a group.
- Related仲間なかまNeutralCompanions or fellows, neutral or even positive. 「一味」 usually means a gang joined in wrongdoing and is derogatory.
- RelatedグループNeutralA loanword for a group or team, neutral. 「一味」 carries the nuance of accomplices plotting together.
Use 「一味」 for accomplices in wrongdoing, as in 「強盗の一味」. For neutral companions say 「仲間」, for a clique formed to plot say 「徒党」, and for a contemptuous colloquial bunch say 「連中」.
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