じんせいわずじゅうねん
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. life is short; (lit.) life is just fifty years
Kanji used
person
life
trifle
five
ten
year
Composed of
① 人間がこの世に生きていくこと。② 人間がこの世に生きている期間。
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
five; 5
① 一年の10倍。
Composed of
① 人間がこの世に生きていくこと。② 人間がこの世に生きている期間。
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)