千一夜物語

せんいちやものがたり

One Thousand and One Nights; Arabian Nights

千夜一夜物語

せんやいちやものがたり

One Thousand and One Nights (collection of Arabic stories)

千夜

せんや

many nights

一千

いっせん いちせん

1,000, one thousand

一夜

いちや ひとや ひとよ

one night, all night, overnight, one evening

一日一夜

いちにちいちや

all day and night

一昨夜

いっさくや いちさくや

night before last

一夜中

いちやじゅう ひとやじゅう いちやなか

all-night through

一昼夜

いっちゅうや

whole day and night, 24 hours

一夜妻

いちやづま ひとよづま

temporary consort, prostitute

一夜さ

ひとよさ

one night, all night

一諾千金

いちだくせんきん

one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold, a promise should be kept at all cost

一刻千金

いっこくせんきん

every moment is precious, time is money, precious time

千慮一失

せんりょいっしつ せんりょのいっしつ

mere slip by someone who is usually very careful, simple mistake by a wise person, point overlooked by a cautious person

千載一遇

せんざいいちぐう

once in a lifetime (opportunity), (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years

一字千金

いちじせんきん

word of great value

一日千秋

いちじつせんしゅう いちにちせんしゅう

(waiting) impatiently, (spending) many a weary day, each moment seeming like an eternity

一望千里

いちぼうせんり

sweeping view of the eye, boundless expanse

一瀉千里

いっしゃせんり

one swift effort, rush through one's work, fast-talking, writing, etc.