せいぜん
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. während jmds. Leben; zu Lebzeiten; Lebenszeit; Lebzeiten
Pitch accent
いぜん
Composed of
Leben; Existenz; Leben; Lebendigkeit
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
Beerdigungszeremonie zu Lebzeiten (auf Wunsch des Betroffenen)
Schenkung unter Lebenden; Geschenk zu Lebzeiten; Donatio inter vivos
Abdankung; Abdikation; Renunziation; Thronentsagung; Thronverzicht
Examples (2 in total)
He was a great statesman in life.
Many great thinkers who were unknown while alive became famous after death.