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    3. 人生一度きり

    人生一度きり

    人じん生せい一いち度どき​り​

    you only live once

    NTExpressionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    人生一度切り

    じんせいいちどきり

    Expressions

    1.
    you only live once, you only have one life
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    人
    ひと・-り・-と…(7)
    person
    Kanji
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
    Kanji
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    度
    たび・-た.い…(4)
    degrees・occurrence・time・counter for occurrences・consider…(1)
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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