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    3. 一生

    一生

    一いっ生しょう

    whole life

    N3KMT4News #6+1CoreCore ConceptsKanji Vocab6 strokes

    いっしょう

    Noun, Particle, Adverb

    1.
    whole life, a lifetime, all through life, one existence, a generation, an age, the whole world, the era

    Particle

    2.
    (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    私わたしは一いっ生しょう懸けん命めい勉べん強きょうします。

    I will study very hard (for my whole life).

    KMT3Daily LifeEducation
    この経けい験けんは一いっ生しょう忘わすれないでしょう。

    I will never forget this experience in my entire life.

    KMT4Core ConceptsEmotions & Psychology
    この美うつくしい景けし色きは一いっ生しょうの思おもい出でになるだろう。

    This beautiful scenery will become a lifelong memory.

    KMT4Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology
    彼かの女じょは一いっ生しょうの夢ゆめだった世せ界かい一いっ周しゅう旅りょ行こうを実じつ現げんした。

    She realized her lifelong dream of traveling around the world.

    KMT5Travel & TransportationEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれは一いっ生しょうをかけてその研けん究きゅうに捧ささげた。

    He dedicated his entire life to that research.

    KMT6Core ConceptsScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    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
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