一体
Meanings
Adverb
1. (what) the heck; (why) in the world; (who) on earth; (where) the hell; (how) the hell (before an interrogative; forms an emphatic question)
Noun
2. one object; one body; one unit; one group; one mass
3. one form; one style; one format; one fashion
4. one Buddhist image; one carving; one sculpture
5. one corpse; one sample (of bones, remains, etc.)
Adverb
6. generally; in general; on the whole; by and large; for the most part (also as ～に)
Other spellings
いったい
Kanji used
Pitch accent
いったい
Used in vocabulary
表裏一体
the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin
Noun
一体全体
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
Adverb
職住一体
having one's workplace at home (e.g. as an independent farmer, home worker, storekeeper); living and working at the same location
Noun
Examples131
一体
Where on earth did you meet him?
いったい
Why on earth did you take him to the station?
ストライキ
A strike is a mass refusal to work by a body of employees.
君
What is it that you want?
いったい
Can it be true?
いったい
I wonder what ever will become of them.