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一いっ生しょう
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Meanings
Noun
No-adjective
Adverb
1. whole life; a lifetime; all through life
No-adjective
2. (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
Kanji used
一one生life
Pitch accent
いっしょう
Used in vocabulary
一いっ生しょう懸けん命めい
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly; desperately
Adverb
九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょう
narrow escape from death
Expression
九きゅう死し一いっ生しょう
narrow escape from the jaw of death
Noun
万ばん死し一いっ生しょう
advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death
Noun
後ご生しょう一いっ生しょう
extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime
Noun
一いっ生しょうモノ
something that will last a lifetime (esp. high-quality products)
Noun
一いっ生しょう分ぶん
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
Noun
一いっ生しょう精しょう進じん
striving to adopt ascetic practices for one's whole life
Expression
一いっ生しょう一いち度ど
once in one's life; once in a lifetime
No-adjective
Examples60
You must study your whole life.
A home is a once-in-a-lifetime purchase so you don't want to make any snap decisions.
Art is my lifework.
We'll never live this fiasco down.
I guess I'm never going to get married.
He led a hard life after that.