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一瞬

いっしゅん

instant, for a moment

Mnemonic

一 one 瞬 blink, the same 瞬 that sits in 瞬間. That is precisely how long you spent not believing your own ears: いっしゅん.

Worth knowing

瞬間 しゅんかん is the moment itself; 一瞬 is 'for an instant', and behaves like an adverb.

Built from

one
A single stroke. It doesn't get simpler than this.
blink, instant
目 an eye on the left, open exactly as long as a blink.

Words sharing these kanji

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

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