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一気に

いっきに

in one go

Mnemonic

One breath and the glass is empty, and the whole table is banging in time before he sets it down. The same itch いっ and the same keen き, and nobody sips anything: いっきに.

Built from

one
A single stroke. It doesn't get simpler than this.
spirit, energy
Steam rising off something. The old form had rice giving off vapour.

Words sharing these kanji

(the) most one once instant, for a moment what on earth, what the… once more for the time being, more or less together (one) part single word, a few words number one, first not at all, absolutely nothing

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