Japanese Word Entry

一生

Kana:	いっしょう
Romaji:	isshou
Definitions:	whole life, a lifetime, all through life, one existence, a generation, an age, the whole world, the era (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

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Chinese characters used in this word

一	one, one radical (no.1), a, an, alone

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄧ (yī)
Cantonese:	jat1
Japanese:	イチ (ichi)、イツ (itsu) / ひと- (hito-)、ひと.つ (hitotsu)、ひとたび (hitotabi)、はじめ (hajime)
Korean:	일 (il)
Vietnamese:	nhất

Variants

Semantic variant forms:

壹、弌

生	life, genuine, birth, living, lifetime

Readings

Mandarin:	ㄕㄥ (shēng)
Cantonese:	sang1
Japanese:	セイ (sei)、ショウ (shou) / い.きる (ikiru)、い.かす (ikasu)、い.ける (ikeru)、う.まれる (umareru)、う.まれ (umare)、う.む (umu)、お.う (ou)、は.える (haeru)、は.やす (hayasu)、き (ki)、なま (nama)、なま- (nama-)、な.る (naru)、な.す (nasu)、む.す (musu)、 -う (-u)
Korean:	생 (saeng)
Vietnamese:	sanh, sinh