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Grammar detail: 一方（いっぽう）で

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JLPT:

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

は

に

せっきょくてき

に

で、

にも

を

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.

The first part of the construction can use a noun, in which case the pattern is

noun

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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

くなかったが、その

で

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

1

方

ホウかた way, direction

2

会

カイエあう to meet

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2

長

チョウながい long

1

経

ケイキョウへる to elapse

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3

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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3

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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4

的

テキまと target

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2

参

サンまいる to visit, go, come

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3

加

カくわえる to add to くわわる to join, to be added to

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3

社

シャ company やしろ Shinto shrine

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2

活

カツ activity, resuscitation

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3

動

ドウうごく to move, to stir うごかす to shift, to move

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2

力

リョクリキちから effort; power

2

注

チュウそそぐ to pour

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2

仕

シジつかえる to attend to

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2

事

ジズこと thing; matter

2

面

メンおもて mask, features, surface おも surface つら face

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3

白

ハクビャクしろい white しろしら-

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1

給

キュウ supply

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3

与

ヨあたえる to grant, give, bestow

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