Keyword
horizon
Info
FrequencyTop 1900-2000
Type
Jōyō 
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KankenLevel Pre-2
Heisig169
Readings
がい
(93%)
はて
(6%)
Composed of
water drops
cliff
square jewel
Used in vocabulary (17 in total)
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
a person without a single relative
lifetime; one's whole life; all through life
Examples (7 in total)
Because they "could not both support wife and airplane" the two brothers spent their lives as bachelors.
Tom remained single all his life.
Tom has been in poverty all his life.