一ひとくさり

ひ

と

く

さ

り

Meanings

noun

Refers to a distinct segment within a longer discourse, story, or performance. Often used with verbs like 語る (to narrate) or 話す (to speak).

彼かれは思おもい出で話ばなしを一ひとくさり語かたった。
He recounted a passage of his memories.
講こう演えんの中なかで、特とくに印いん象しょうに残のこった一ひとくさりがあった。
There was one particularly memorable section in the lecture.

Written forms

一ひとくさりUsage8%
Most common spelling; uses kana for くさり to avoid rare kanji.
ひとくさりUsage92%
一齣ひとくさり
Rare kanji spelling; 齣 is not a jōyō kanji and is seldom used.
一闋ひとくさり
Rare kanji spelling; 闋 is not a jōyō kanji and is seldom used.

Kanji

一one, one radical (no.1)
齣a paragraph, section
闋close, shut, watch-tower

Similar words

一いっ節せつ
一節 is more common and can refer to a verse, paragraph, or short passage, while 一くさり emphasizes a continuous stretch of speech or narrative.
一いち場ば面めん
一場面 explicitly means 'one scene' in a play or film, whereas 一くさり can be used more broadly for any discourse segment.

Etymology

Compound of 一 (ひと, 'one') and くさり, a counter for linked or continuous things, originally from 鎖 (chain). The exact derivation is uncertain, but it conveys the idea of a connected stretch of speech or narrative.