せいぜん
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. while alive; during one's lifetime
Kanji used
life
in front of
Pitch accent
いぜん
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Composed of
life; living; I; me; student
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
funeral performed for somebody while they are alive; living funeral
abdication of an emperor (before demise)
Examples (2 in total)
He was a great statesman in life.
Many great thinkers who were unknown while alive became famous after death.