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Grammar detail: 一方（いっぽう）で

一方（いっぽう）で - on the other hand
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verb A plain form
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いっぽう
一方
で
+
verb B
means
I'm doing (verb A), but on the other hand I'm also doing / I might do (verb B)
.
かいちょう
会長
は
けいえい
経営
に
せっきょくてき
積極的
に
さんか
参加
する
いっぽう
一方
で、
しゃかい
社会
かつどう
活動
にも
ちから
力
を
そそ
注
いでいる。
The chairman participates actively in management, but he is also active socially.
This construction can be used when the two options are both possible, or they really are alternative. The で is optional - when it is left out, it creates more of a 'pregnant pause' after the first alternative, conveying the idea that the two alternatives are really quite far apart.
かのじょ
彼女
は
はな
話
し
かた
方
が
あら
荒
いかもしれませんが、その
いっぽう
一方
せいかく
性格
が
あか
明
るくて、
ひじょう
非常
に
やさ
優
しい
ひと
人
です。
Her way of speaking may be rough, but on the other hand she has a bubbly personality and she is an incredibly kind person.
The first part of the construction can use a noun, in which case the pattern is
noun
+
である一方で
.
一方で can also be used to begin a sentence or clause, in which case the alternative is understood from the context.
その
しごと
仕事
はあまり
おもしろ
面白
くなかったが、その
いっぽう
一方
で
きゅうよ
給与
はよかった。
That job was not very interesting, but on the other hand it was well paid.
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Kanji used in this grammar

一
イチ   イツ   ひとつ    ひと- one   
方
ホウ   かた way, direction   
会
カイ   エ   あう to meet   
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長
チョウ   ながい long   
経
ケイ   キョウ   へる to elapse   
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営
エイ   occupied   いとなむ to be occupied with, to carry on (a business)   
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積
セキ   つむ to load, to heap up   つもる to be piled up   
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極
キョク   ゴク    extreme, end, pole   きわめる to carry to its end   きわまる to reach an extreme   きわまり extremity   
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的
テキ   まと target   
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参
サン   まいる to visit, go, come   
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加
カ   くわえる to add to   くわわる to join, to be added to   
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社
シャ    company   やしろ Shinto shrine   
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活
カツ    activity, resuscitation   
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動
ドウ   うごく to move, to stir   うごかす to shift, to move   
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力
リョク   リキ   ちから effort; power   
注
チュウ   そそぐ to pour   
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彼
ヒ   かれ he   
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女
ジョ   ニョ   ニョウ   woman; female   おんな woman   め woman   
話
ワ   はなす to talk   はなし talking   
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荒
コウ   あらい violent, rough   あれる to be rough, stormy   あらす to lay waste   
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性
セイ   ショウ    sex, gender, nature, disposition   
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格
カク   コウ    status, rank   
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明
メイ   ミョウ   あかり light   あかるい bright   あかるむ to brighten   あからむ to become luminous (at dawn)   あきらか obvious   あかす to lay bare   あく to open   あける to empty   
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非
ヒ   mistake
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常
ジョウ   つね usual, normal   とこ- endless, unchanging   
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優
ユウ   すぐれる to excel   やさしい kind   
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人
ジン   ニン   ひと person   
仕
シ   ジ   つかえる to attend to   
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事
ジ   ズ   こと thing; matter   
面
メン   おもて mask, features, surface   おも surface   つら face   
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白
ハク   ビャク   しろい white   しろ    しら-    
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給
キュウ    supply   
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与
ヨ   あたえる to grant, give, bestow   
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