一手(いって)

いって
noun
a move (in shogi or go); single-handedly
leisureabstract
1. a move (in shogi or go); a step, a measure
A single move in a board game such as shogi or go. Figuratively, a step taken to deal with a situation.
次(つぎ)の一手(いって)を考(かんが)える。
To think about the next move.
最後(さいご)の一手(いって)で形勢(けいせい)がひっくり返(かえ)った。
The final move turned the game around.
名人(めいじん)は長考(ちょうこう)の末(すえ)、誰(だれ)も予想(よそう)しなかった一手(いって)を指(さ)した。
After long thought, the master played a move no one had expected.
2. (一手に) single-handedly; all by oneself
With に: doing or taking on something entirely by oneself, or drawing something entirely to oneself.
家事(かじ)を一手(いって)に引(ひ)き受(う)ける。
To take on all the housework oneself.
彼女(かのじょ)は店(みせ)の経理(けいり)を一手(いって)に担(にな)っている。
She handles the shop's accounting all by herself.
デビュー曲(きょく)がヒットして、彼(かれ)は若者(わかもの)の人気(にんき)を一手(いって)に集(あつ)めた。
His debut song was a hit, and he drew all the young fans to himself.

COMMON COLLOCATIONS (sense 1, a move):

COMMON COLLOCATIONS (sense 2, single-handedly):

Usage

In shogi you 指(さ)す a move; in go you 打(う)つ one.

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