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万が一 (まんがいち) — (if) by some chance · Nihongo Circle

万が一

まんがいち

adverb

Meanings

1(if) by some chance
2by some possibility
3in the unlikely event that
4(unlikely event of) emergency
5the worst(-case scenario)

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Kanji in this word

万Ten Thousand, 10,0003 strokes 一One, One Radical (no.1)1 strokes

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