一進一退
isshin'ittai
now advancing and now retreating, ebb and flow, seesawing, taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
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  1. isshin'ittai now advancing and now retreating, ebb and flow, seesawing, taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
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Kanji Breakdown
One, One Radical (no.1)
On: いち,いつ Kun: ひと-,ひと.つ
1 strokes N5
Advance, Proceed, Progress, Promote
On: しん Kun: すす.む,すす.める
11 strokes N3
退
Retreat, Withdraw, Retire, Resign, Repel, Expel, Reject
On: たい Kun: しりぞ.く,しりぞ.ける,ひ.く,の.く,の.ける,ど.く
9 strokes N3
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一進一退は〜です。 / 〜の一進一退

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