一連・一嗹|いちれんichiren[0]heiban (flat)

JLPT N1approx.Common
Which spelling to use
一連一連 is the more common written form and the recommended choice for beginners; use it as your default spelling.
一嗹一嗹 is a less common written variant of 一連. Beginners should normally choose 一連 instead.
Definitions
  1. no-adjectiveseries; chain; sequence
    彼かれらは一連いちれんの音楽会おんがくかいを開催かいさいした。↗
    They gave a series of concerts.
  2. nountwo reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper)
  3. nounverse; stanza
Synonyms & antonyms
  • Synonym連続れんぞくNeutralUnbroken continuity in time, as in 「3日連続」; 一連 instead stresses related things strung together.
  • Synonym一続きひとつづきNeutralThings running together without a break, including connected rooms (a suite); 一連 stresses that the contents are related to each other.
  • Synonym連なりつらなりWrittenWritten style: similar things lined up one after another — mountain ranges, or strings of events and thoughts; 一連 stresses related things forming a group.
  • Related立て続けたてつづけNeutralThings happening one right after another, as in 「立て続けに質問する」; stresses tight succession, while 一連 stresses that items are related.
  • Related引き続きひきつづきNeutralAn adverb meaning continuing or next, as in 「引き続きよろしく」; stresses continuation, whereas 一連 is a noun for a string of things.
  • Related続けざまつづけざまNeutralThe same action repeated back-to-back, as in 「続けざまに打つ」; 一連 is about related things forming a string, not repeated action.
  • Related累次るいじWrittenWritten style, now rare: again and again, repeatedly; 一連 is about a string of related things, not repetition.
  • Relatedぶっ続けぶっつづけCasualColloquial: doing something nonstop, as in 「ぶっ続けで働く」, with emphasis; 一連 does not describe unbroken action.
  • Antonym個別こべつNeutralIndividually, one by one, as in 「個別に対応する」; opposite of 一連 in whether things are handled as a string or separately.
  • Antonym単独たんどくNeutralA single one standing alone, as in 「単独の事件」; opposite of 一連 on whether something is a single item or part of a string.

Use 「一連」 for a series of related things, as in 「一連の手続き」. For unbroken continuity in time use 「連続」, for one thing after another 「立て続け」, and for continuing on 「引き続き」.

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Japanese definitions
  1. 関係かんけいのある事柄ことがらのひと繋つながり。
  2. 糸いとや縄なわを通とおして連つらねたもののひと繋つながり。
  3. 全判ぜんばんの洋紙ようし千せん枚まい。
  4. (律詩りっし)一いち対たいの句く。
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