一斉に|いっせいにisseini

Common
Definitions
  1. adverbsimultaneously; all at once; in unison
    人々ひとびとが一斉いっせいに走はしり出だした。↗
    People started to run all at once.
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym同時にどうじにNeutralRefers to things happening at the same time; its range is broad and it can also mean 'meanwhile'. 「一斉に」 stresses a group acting together in unison.
  • RelatedいっぺんにNeutralMeans doing everything in one go, stressing the one-shot, in-one-sitting feel; it does not stress a whole group acting in unison.
  • Related一度にいちどにNeutralMeans all at once, with the focus on things happening in a single instance, as in 「一度に食べる」; it does not stress a group acting together.
  • Antonym別々にべつべつにNeutralMeans separately, each on their own — the opposite of 「一斉に」, where everyone acts together as one.
  • Antonym個別にNeutralMeans dealing with each case or person individually, as in 「個別に対応する」; it contrasts with 「一斉に」 treating everyone uniformly.
  • AntonymばらばらにNeutralMeans scattered or in disarray, the opposite of the neat, uniform action that 「一斉に」 describes.

「一斉に」 is for a group or many things acting together in unison, as in 「一斉に立ち上がる」; for mere overlap in time use 「同時に」, and for getting everything done in one go use 「一度に」 or 「一遍に」. For the opposite, 「別々に」 and 「個別に」 mean separately, 「ばらばらに」 scattered.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 同おなじ時刻じこくに、みんなで一緒いっしょにすること。
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