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    3. 生涯

    生涯

    生しょう涯がい

    life

    KMT5News #5+1CoreDaily LifeKanji Vocab16 strokes

    しょうがい

    Noun

    1.
    life, lifetime, career

    Noun, Adverb

    2.
    for life, all one's life, throughout one's life, as long as one lives

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    彼かれは生しょう涯がい独どく身しんだった。

    He was single his entire life.

    KMT4Daily LifeFamily & Relationships
    彼かの女じょは生しょう涯がいを教きょう育いくに捧ささげた。

    She dedicated her life to education.

    KMT5Daily LifeEducation
    私わたしは生しょう涯がいこの街まちで暮くらしたいと思おもっている。

    I want to live in this town my entire life.

    KMT5Daily LifeHome & Housing
    彼かれは生しょう涯がいをかけて、日に本ほんの伝でん統とう文ぶん化かを研けん究きゅうした。

    He spent his entire life researching traditional Japanese culture.

    KMT6Daily LifeCulture & TraditionsEducation
    その画が家かは生しょう涯がいを通つうじて、自し然ぜんの美うつくしさを描えがき続つづけた。

    Throughout his life, the painter continued to depict the beauty of nature.

    KMT7Daily LifeArt & DesignNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    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
    涯
    はて…(1)
    horizon・shore・limit・bound
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