"人生" meaning in Japanese

See 人生 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [d͡ʑĩɰ̃se̞ː] Forms: 人生 [canonical] (ruby: (じん), (せい)), jinsei [romanization]
Etymology: From Middle Chinese 人生 (ȵiɪn ʃˠæŋ). Etymology templates: {{der|ja|ltc|人生|sort=しんせい'|tr=ȵiɪn ʃˠæŋ}} Middle Chinese 人生 (ȵiɪn ʃˠæŋ) Head templates: {{ja-noun|じんせい}} 人(じん)生(せい) • (jinsei)
  1. life
    Sense id: en-人生-ja-noun-Y71wZe8e
  2. Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person.
    Sense id: en-人生-ja-noun-B6p1Xhef Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 8 92 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 3 97 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 芸術は長く人生は短し (geijutsu wa nagaku jinsei wa mijikashi) (ruby: 芸術(げいじゅつ), (なが), 人生(じんせい), (みじか)) (english: ars longa, vita brevis), 人生意気に感ず (jinsei iki ni kanzu) (ruby: 人生意気(じんせいいき), (かん)), 人生観 (jinseikan) (ruby: 人生観(じんせいかん)), 人生訓 (jinseikun) (ruby: 人生訓(じんせいくん)), 人生劇場 (jinsei gekijō) (ruby: 人生劇場(じんせいげきじょう)), 人生行路 (jinsei kōro) (ruby: 人生行路(じんせいこうろ)), 人生行路難し (jinsei kōro katashi) (ruby: 人生行路難(じんせいこうろかた)), 人生七十古来稀なり (jinsei shichijū korai marenari) (ruby: 人生七十古来稀(じんせいしちじゅうこらいまれ)), 人生朝露の如し (jinsei chōro no gotoshi) (ruby: 人生朝露(じんせいちょうろ), (ごと)), 人生哲学 (jinsei tetsugaku) (ruby: 人生哲学(じんせいてつがく)), 人生のための芸術 (jinsei no tame no geijutsu) (ruby: 人生(じんせい), 芸術(げいじゅつ)), 人生派 (jinseiha) (ruby: 人生派(じんせいは)), 人生模様 (jinsei moyō) (ruby: 人生模様(じんせいもよう)), 人生論 (jinseiron) (ruby: 人生論(じんせいろん)), 人生僅か五十年 (jinsei wazuka gojūnen) (ruby: 人生僅(じんせいわず), 五十年(ごじゅうねん)), 自然と人生 (shizen to jinsei) (ruby: 自然(しぜん), 人生(じんせい)), 実人生 (jitsujinsei) (ruby: 実人生(じつじんせい))

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      "english": "ars longa, vita brevis",
      "roman": "geijutsu wa nagaku jinsei wa mijikashi",
      "ruby": [
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          "芸術",
          "げいじゅつ"
        ],
        [
          "長",
          "なが"
        ],
        [
          "人生",
          "じんせい"
        ],
        [
          "短",
          "みじか"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "芸術は長く人生は短し"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "人生意気",
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          "感",
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          "じんせいしちじゅうこらいまれ"
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          "如",
          "ごと"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "人生哲学",
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          "人生",
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          "芸術",
          "げいじゅつ"
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    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "人生派",
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          "人生模様",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "jinsei wazuka gojūnen",
      "ruby": [
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          "人生僅",
          "じんせいわず"
        ],
        [
          "五十年",
          "ごじゅうねん"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人生僅か五十年"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "roman": "shizen to jinsei",
      "ruby": [
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          "自然",
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        ],
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          "人生",
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      "word": "自然と人生"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "実人生",
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          "text": "それが人生"
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        "Literally, person's past. Used when speaking about the former life of a dead person."
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      "english": "ars longa, vita brevis",
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          "げいじゅつ"
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          "人生",
          "じんせい"
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          "短",
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      "word": "芸術は長く人生は短し"
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      "roman": "jinsei iki ni kanzu",
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          "じんせいいき"
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          "感",
          "かん"
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      "roman": "jinsei gekijō",
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          "人生劇場",
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      "word": "人生劇場"
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      "roman": "jinsei kōro",
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          "人生行路",
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      ],
      "word": "人生行路"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jinsei kōro katashi",
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          "人生行路難",
          "じんせいこうろかた"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人生行路難し"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jinsei shichijū korai marenari",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "人生七十古来稀",
          "じんせいしちじゅうこらいまれ"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人生七十古来稀なり"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jinsei chōro no gotoshi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "人生朝露",
          "じんせいちょうろ"
        ],
        [
          "如",
          "ごと"
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      "word": "人生朝露の如し"
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      "roman": "jinsei tetsugaku",
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          "じんせいてつがく"
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      ],
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      "roman": "jinsei no tame no geijutsu",
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          "人生",
          "じんせい"
        ],
        [
          "芸術",
          "げいじゅつ"
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      "word": "人生のための芸術"
    },
    {
      "roman": "jinseiha",
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        [
          "人生派",
          "じんせいは"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "人生派"
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          "人生論",
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      "roman": "jinsei wazuka gojūnen",
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          "人生僅",
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          "五十年",
          "ごじゅうねん"
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      "roman": "shizen to jinsei",
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          "自然",
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          "人生",
          "じんせい"
        ]
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      "word": "自然と人生"
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      "roman": "jitsujinsei",
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      ],
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