いちいち

いちいち · ichiichi · JLPT N2 · noun

one

☝️☝️ いち = one, said twice: one, one, one at a time

いち is the Japanese word for one (一), and doubling it gives 一々: one and then one, going through each item separately. In everyday speech it often has a fussy edge, as in commenting on every single little thing.

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