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独り歩き

一人歩き、 ひとり歩き

Reading

Kana: ひとりあるき
Romaji: hitoriaruki
Kana
Romaji

Definition

vs
1

walking alone; walking unaided; going alone; standing on one's own

Kanji

Readings: ドク、 トク、 ひと.り
Meanings: single, alone, spontaneously, Germany
Readings: ホ、 ブ、 フ、 ある.く、 あゆ.む
Meanings: walk, counter for steps
Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ジン、 ニン、 ひと、 -り、 -と
Meaning: person

Example Sentence

発言(はつげん)一部(いちぶ)だけがマスコミに()()げられて(ひと)(ある)きした。
➥Just one part of what he said got picked up by the media and took on a life of its own.
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