noun, takes genitive case の, adverb

  1. more or less, though not quite satisfactorily, after a fashion, pretty much, roughly, so far as it goes, technically.

noun, adverb

  1. tentatively, for the time being.
  2. just in case.
  3. once.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
一応 いちおう
一往 いちおう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

one, one radical (no.1)
イチ いっ ひと- (1st, N5)
apply, answer, yes
オウ こた.える -ノウ (5th, N1)
dotted cliff radical (no. 53)
ゲン (Kentei 1)
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
heart, mind, spirit
こころ シン (2nd, N4)