ippon
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of ippon
C20: Japanese, literally: one point
Example Sentences
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He reeled off three ippon, which included a kick to Kalnins’s head.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2021
Tashiro is the No. 3-ranked player in her weight class, but she lost by ippon midway through her second bout.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 26, 2021
Turkey's Bilal Çiloğlu, the world's No. 9 lightweight, screamed and put his fists to his head after Ono pinned him helplessly to the tatami for an ippon, his wails echoing down the corridors.
From Fox News ● Jul. 26, 2021
Kimberley, 26, secured Scotland's first gold, beating India's Sushila Likmabam courtesy of an ippon in the 48kg weight category.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2014
The enumeration of pieces of wood, reeds, and needles is done by placing fon after the numeral; e.g., ippon 'one item,' nifon 'two,' sanbon 'three,' roppon 'six,' jippon 'ten,' fiappon 'one hundred,' xenbon 'one thousand.'
From Diego Collado's Grammar of the Japanese Language by Spear, Richard L.
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