せい
Meanings
Noun
1. life; living
Noun
Suffix
Masculine
Humble
2. I; me; myself
when read as "せい"
Suffix
Abbreviation
3. student
when read as "せい"
Kanji used
life
Pitch accent
Top 2600
Used in vocabulary (250 in total)
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
pupil; student; schoolchild
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
(one's) life
student (esp. a university student)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
resuscitation; regeneration; reformation; rehabilitation; playback; regeneration (sound, etc.)
senior high school student
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
transmigration; reincarnation; metempsychosis
junior high school student; middle school pupil
annual (plant); first-year student
production; manufacture
female high-school student
third-year student
university student; college student
pupil in ... year; student in ... year
while alive; during one's lifetime
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
transfer student; student changing schools
life and death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I
new student; freshman; first-year student
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
inhabiting; living
organism; living body
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
overseas student; exchange student
student in a lower grade; underclassman
living person; the living
physiology; menstruation; one's period; menses
by nature; naturally; by birth; innately; congenitally
boarder; boarding student
derivation
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
rebirth; new birth; nascent
occupation; calling; livelihood
private-school student
I; me; my humble self
scholarship student
female university student; female college student
fourth-year student
house where one was born; one's parents' house
life and death
to be born; to come into this world
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
raw meat; fresh meat
prefect; praepostor
half a lifetime
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all animate creation
pupil; disciple; follower
growth (of a plant)
larva; larvae
current student; enrolled student
post-natal; since birth
growing wild (naturally); native
production output; number of goods manufactured
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
living thing; animate
middle and high-school students
classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament
birth date; date of birth; DOB
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
vitality; ability to earn a living
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; mankind; souls; people
natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical
livelihood; living
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
illegitimate child; bastard; love child
public welfare; the people's livelihood
growth; metamorphosis
student of a girls' school
medical student
what grade (in school)
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
scholarship student
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
self-supporting student; working student
resurrection; resuscitation; regeneration; university student in ... year
eating (something) raw
biometrics; biometric authentication
naturally occurring; nature; disposition; vocation; calling
living things
years of (someone's) birth and death
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
life and death
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
aquatic (life); living in the water
first year (college) student; freshman; graduate of one year's standing
elderly person; I; me
year of a person's birth; number of years since one's birth; age
university student; college student
to be born; to come into this world
first year (college) student; freshman; graduate of one year's standing
third year (college) student; junior
students attending lectures
enrolled student; registered student
model or exemplary student
living in the present
theological student; seminary student
healthy complexion
crude; immature; unpolished
failed student; student required to repeat a year
second year (college) student; sophomore
auditor; auditing student
medical student
birthplace
garden (esp. with trees); park
production control; PC
third year (college) student; junior
latter half of one's life
second year (college) student; sophomore
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
seminar student
graft survival; survival of a transplant; engraftment
viviparity; viviparous; zoogonous; live-bearing
bearing twins; twins
first half of one's life
oviparity; produced from eggs
amphibious; amphibian
preparatory-department student
kindergartener; preschooler
junior college student
raw noodles; uncooked noodles
terrestrial (life); land-dwelling
exogenous; heterogenous; ectotrophic; extraneous
lifelong separation
opposing pairs (of leaves)
student repeating the same class
student teacher
pupil; student; follower
amount of production
dense growth; healthy growth
birth and death; years of birth and death
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
(of plants) growing in clusters; growing gregariously
day student; commuting student
slow growth; slow ripening
calorification; thermogenesis
kisaeng (Korean female entertainer)
epiphytic; designating a non-parasitic plant that grows on other plants
boarder; boarding student
perennial (plant)
one's previous life
scholarship student
illegitimate child
(arch.) prisoner of war (Yayoi period); slaves
Confucian scholar
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
bio-medical; biomedical; medical student
verticillation
nine lives (of a cat)
benthic; sea-bottom
byproduct; secondary product
student on a scholarship-loan
production engineering
student studying abroad at government expense
the remainder of one's life
biodegradable; biodegradability
scholarship student sent by government office or business
unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
taking care of one's health
teething; cutting teeth; dentition
radical leaf; rosette
live bacteria; live virus; viable fungus
former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)
special student
years of (someone's) birth and death
(of plants) growing in clusters; growing gregariously
birth and death; years of birth and death
modern Momotarō story version, where he is born inside a peach
conidia; conidiospore; conidium; conidial
officer cadet (JSDF)
biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects
basal body; basal granule; kinetosome; blepharoplast
parazoan (member of an ancestral subkingdom of animals whose only surviving members are the sponges)
no mortal escapes death; all men must die; (lit.) he who has life, certainly has death
birth is the beginning of death
trace fossil
no mortal escapes death; all men must die; (lit.) he who has life, certainly has death
regular student (undergraduate or graduate)
winter annual; biennial; biennial plant
Cryptozoic (period)
normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people
private-sphere language; language used in every day life; dialect
aspiring university student who has failed the entrance examinations at least twice
birth, illness, old age and death
exchange or research student (as opposed to regular undergraduate or graduate)
impoverished student; poor student; poor person
Examples (3 in total)
This rule doesn't apply to first-year students.
We were in the first year of middle school last year.
He is in fourth grade of elementary school.