Japanese Dictionary
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Meaning of 一生 in Japanese
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一生JLPT 3
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Kana Readingいっしょう
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Romajiisshō
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era
- Example sentence
- 常人なら一生かかっても無理だろうが、本気になった蓮の前では、普通のシリンダー錠と大差ない。 A normal person might spend a lifetime at it and still not succeed but faced with a determined Ren it was not greatly different from a normal cylinder lock.
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- Parts of speech
- nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no'
- Meaning
- (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
- Example sentence
- 先進国では虫歯が激減し、自分の歯で一生食べられる人が増えています。 Cavities have become rarer in the developed countries and more people will be able to eat with their own teeth throughout their life.
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Examples of 一生, いっしょう in a sentence
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常人なら一生かかっても無理だろうが、本気になった蓮の前では、普通のシリンダー錠と大差ない。
A normal person might spend a lifetime at it and still not succeed but faced with a determined Ren it was not greatly different from a normal cylinder lock.
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先進国では虫歯が激減し、自分の歯で一生食べられる人が増えています。
Cavities have become rarer in the developed countries and more people will be able to eat with their own teeth throughout their life.
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Nothing is lost for asking.
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Wisdom is better than gold or silver.
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She gave her entire life to the study of physics.
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She devoted her life to working among the poor.
Kanji in this word
5 strokes
life, genuine, birth
On'Yomi: セイ, ショウ
Kun'Yomi: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける, う.まれる, うま.れる, う.まれ, うまれ, う.む, お.う, は.える, は.やす, き, なま, なま-, な.る, な.す, む.す, -う