“One shot” in Japanese
Short answer
One shot in Japanese is “一発” (ippatsu). Full meaning: one shot, one charge, one explosion; one blow, one punch; home run.
Other ways to say “One shot” in Japanese
１コマ
hitokoma one scene, one frame, one shot, one exposure; one cell, one panel (comic)
読み切り
yomikiri finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine), complete story, one-shot; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
単発
tanpatsu firing one shot at a time, single-shot gun; having only one engine, single-engined aeroplane, single-engined airplane; one-shot (e.g. story), non-serial, one-off, single occasion
読切
yomikiri finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine), complete story, one-shot; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
読切り
yomikiri finishing reading; non-serialised story (e.g. in a magazine), complete story, one-shot; breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
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