(いっこう)

いっこう
noun
party; group (traveling together)
person
1. party; group; entourage
A group of people traveling or acting together as a unit, often a delegation or the people accompanying a central figure.
The president's party has arrived.
The group headed for the sightseeing spot by bus.
The inspection delegation visited factories in various regions.

Counts a group moving as a unit, often with a leader: 名前(なまえ)一行(いっこう) (社長(しゃちょう)一行(いっこう)).

Common collocations

  • 一行(いっこう)(さま): "your party" (polite, on reservations)
  • 一行(いっこう)六名(ろくめい): a party of six

Note on reading

Read いっこう in this "group" sense. The same kanji read いちぎょう means "one line (of text)."

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