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一いっ世せい
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Meanings
Noun
1. generation; lifetime
2. the age; the day
Noun
Suffix
3. the first (e.g. Elizabeth I)
Noun
4. issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)
Kanji used
一one世world
Pitch accent
いっせい
Used in vocabulary
一いっ世せい一いち代だい
once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
Noun
一いっ世せい一いち元げん
the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor
Noun
一いっ世せい紀き
century
Noun
一いっ世せい風ふう靡び
ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people
Noun
Examples1
In 1603, when King James I came into power, football was allowed again.