生 – Vocabulary details

生せい

Meanings

Noun

1. life; living

死しは一いっ瞬しゅんであるが、生せいは長ながい。Death is but an instant, but life is long.

Noun

Suffix

Masculine

Humble

2. I; me; myself

when read as "せい"

Suffix

Abbreviation

3. student

when read as "せい"

学がく園えん生せいらが顔かおを見み合あわせる。The academy students look at each other.

Alt. forms

生せい

95%

せい

Kanji used

生

life

Pitch accent

せ

い

Used in: 2527

Used in vocabulary (280 in total)

先せん生せい

teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder

生せい徒と

pupil; student; schoolchild

生せい活かつ

life; living; livelihood; (one's) living

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Examples (6 in total)

死しは一いっ瞬しゅんであるが、生せいは長ながい。

Death is but an instant, but life is long.

私わたしは英えい語ごの谷口先生せいを尊そん敬けいしています。

I respect my English teacher, Mr. Taniguchi.

彼かれは小しょう学がく４よ年ねん生せいです。

He is in fourth grade of elementary school.

学がく園えん生せいらが顔かおを見み合あわせる。

The academy students look at each other.

見みていた周まわりの学がく園えん生せいたちも、一いっ瞬しゅん静しずまり返かえった。

The students around who had been watching also fell silent for a moment.

部ぶ活かつ勧かん誘ゆうを頑がん張ばる部ぶ活かつ生せい達たちをのんびりと眺ながめる。