一貫|いっかんikkan[0]heiban (flat)

Common
Definitions
  1. noun, suru verb, transitive verb, intransitive verbconsistency; coherence; integration
    その学校がっこうは、中ちゅう・高こう一貫校いっかんこうだということを頭あたまの片隅かたすみにでも入いれておいて下ください。↗
    Bear in mind that that school is an integrated junior high and high school.
  2. nounone kan (approx. 3.75 kg)
  3. nounone piece of sushi
Conjugation
Dictionary form一貫する(いっかんする)
Polite (masu)一貫します(いっかんします)
Negative (nai)一貫しない(いっかんしない)
polite (masen)一貫しません(いっかんしません)
classical zu / nu一貫せず・一貫せぬ(いっかんせず・いっかんせぬ)
Past (ta)一貫した(いっかんした)
polite (mashita)一貫しました(いっかんしました)
Past negative (nakatta)一貫しなかった(いっかんしなかった)
polite (masen deshita)一貫しませんでした(いっかんしませんでした)
Te form一貫して(いっかんして)
Potential一貫できる(いっかんできる)
Passive一貫される(いっかんされる)
Causative一貫させる(いっかんさせる)
Causative passive一貫させられる(いっかんさせられる)
Conditional (ba)一貫すれば(いっかんすれば)
tara一貫したら(いっかんしたら)
Volitional一貫しよう(いっかんしよう)
polite (mashou)一貫しましょう(いっかんしましょう)
Imperative一貫しろ(いっかんしろ)

Common forms generated by rule; see the senses for honorific or irregular usage.

Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym一貫性いっかんせいNeutralA noun for the property of staying consistent throughout, as in 「一貫性がない」; 「一貫」 itself can also serve as a verb.
  • Related一致いっちNeutralTwo or more things matching exactly, as in 「意見が一致する」; 「一貫」 is about remaining consistent from beginning to end.
  • Related整合性せいごうせいWrittenWritten/formal prose word for parts being mutually consistent and coherent, used mainly of logic and systems; 「一貫」 stresses staying unchanged from start to finish.
  • Antonym中途半端ちゅうとはんぱNeutralHalf measures or an attitude that never commits; the opposite of 「一貫」 seeing things through to the end.
  • Antonym矛盾むじゅんNeutralContradiction, statements that don't add up; the opposite of 「一貫」 holding steady from start to finish.

Use 「一貫」 for not changing from start to finish, as in 「首尾一貫」 or 「一貫して」. For the quality of consistency say 「一貫性」; for logical non-contradiction say 「整合性」. The opposite is 「矛盾」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 初はじめから終おわりまで方法ほうほうや考かんがえを曲まげずに通とおすこと。
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