"せっせい" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

Forms: sessei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} せっせい • (sessei)
  1. 節制: temperance
    Sense id: en-せっせい-ja-noun-Eua7Lv6J
  2. 摂生: maintenance of a healthy diet
    Sense id: en-せっせい-ja-noun-7E-xh0ZF Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 47 22 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 6 48 20 25 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 7 48 20 25 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 7 48 20 25 Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 6 31 30 33

Verb

Forms: せっせいする [canonical], sessei suru [romanization], せっせいし [stem], せっせいした [past]
Head templates: {{ja-verb-suru}} せっせいする • (sessei suru) suru (stem せっせいし (sessei shi), past せっせいした (sessei shita))
  1. 節制: be temperate
    Sense id: en-せっせい-ja-verb-5Rs4fTIe Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 6 31 30 33
  2. 摂生: maintain health through diet
    Sense id: en-せっせい-ja-verb-ThpYC6oC Categories (other): Japanese verbs without transitivity, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese verbs without transitivity: 6 31 30 33 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 26 28 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 8 21 18 53

Alternative forms

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Download raw JSONL data for せっせい meaning in Japanese (1.9kB)

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