"一生" meaning in Japanese

See 一生 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [isːe̞ː] Forms: 一生 [canonical] (ruby: (いっ), (せい)), Issei [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|いっせい}} 一(いっ)生(せい) • (Issei)
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-一生-ja-name-h8YdwBAs Categories (other): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, One Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 42 49 10 Disambiguation of One: 13 41 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Proper name

IPA: [ka̠zɨma̠sa̠] Forms: 一生 [canonical] (ruby: (かず), (まさ)), Kazumasa [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-pos|proper|かずまさ}} 一(かず)生(まさ) • (Kazumasa)
  1. a male given name
    Sense id: en-一生-ja-name-h8YdwBAs1 Categories (other): Japanese given names, Japanese male given names, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with multiple readings, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, One Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 39 48 13 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 38 48 14 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 38 48 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 38 48 13 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with multiple readings: 38 48 14 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 42 49 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 37 48 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 37 48 15 Disambiguation of One: 13 41 47
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

IPA: [iɕːo̞ː] Forms: 一生 [canonical] (ruby: (いっ), (しょう)), isshō [romanization], itusyau [romanization], いつしやう [hiragana, historical]
Head templates: {{ja-noun|いっしょう|hhira=いつしやう}} 一(いっ)生(しょう) • (isshō) ^(←いつしやう (itusyau)?)
  1. a lifetime, one's whole life Derived forms: 一生不犯, 一生懸命, 一生涯, 一生面, 万死一生, 九死一生, 後生一生 Related terms: 一生を棒に振る (isshō o bō ni furu) (ruby: 一生(いっしょう), (ぼう), ()) (english: ruin one's life)
    Sense id: en-一生-ja-noun-O2AZOV-0 Categories (other): Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, One, Time Disambiguation of One: 13 41 47 Disambiguation of Time: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1
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Download raw JSONL data for 一生 meaning in Japanese (4.2kB)

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