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    3. 一世

    一世

    一いっ世せい

    generation

    KMT6News #16+1Core ConceptsKanji Vocab6 strokes

    いっせい

    Noun

    1.
    generation, lifetime
    2.
    the age, the day

    Noun, Suffix

    3.
    the first (e.g. Elizabeth I)

    Noun

    4.
    issei, first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    彼かれは日にっ系けい一いっ世せいの移い民みんです。

    He is a first-generation Japanese immigrant.

    KMT5Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    多おおくの日にっ系けい一いっ世せいは、異い国こくの地ちで苦く労ろうしながらも新あたらしい生せい活かつを築きずきました。

    Many first-generation Japanese immigrants built new lives despite hardships in a foreign land.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsHistory
    ブラジルには、多おおくの日にっ系けい一いっ世せいとその子し孫そんが暮くらしています。

    Many first-generation Japanese immigrants and their descendants live in Brazil.

    KMT6Culture & TraditionsFamily & Relationships
    エリザベス一いっ世せいの時じ代だいは、イギリスの黄おう金ごん期きとして知しられています。

    The era of Elizabeth I is known as England's Golden Age.

    KMT7HistoryCulture & Traditions
    この技ぎ術じゅつ革かく新しんは、まさに一いっ世せいを風ふう靡びするものでした。

    This technological innovation truly swept the generation.

    KMT7TechnologyCulture & Traditions

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    世
    よ…(6)
    generation・world・society・public
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