一世一代 – vocab dash

一いっ世せい一いち代だい

Meanings

Noun

No-adjective

1. once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime (Yojijukugo)

Other readings

一いっ世せ一いち代だい

Kanji used

一one 世world 代substitute

Composed of

一いっ世せい

generation; lifetime; the age; the day; the first (e.g. Elizabeth I); issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

Noun

一いち代だい

generation; lifetime; age

Noun

Examples3

彼かれは臍ほぞを固かためて一いっ世せ一いち代だいの大だい事じ業ぎょうに乗のり出だした。

He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.

一いっ世せ一いち代だいの晴はれの舞ぶ台たいという言いい回まわしがあるが、これはまさにそれである。

There's a saying, "once in a life-time event," and that's just what this is.

結けっ婚こん式しきのことだけどさあ、君きみの一いっ世せ一いち代だいの晴はれの舞ぶ台たいなんだから、地じ味み婚こんなどといわないで、パーッと派は手でにしたらどうなのさ。

About the wedding ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the main attraction, so instead of doing it on a shoestring, why not pull out all the stops and make a great show of it?