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生涯
しょうがい
N3
noun
Meanings
1
one's lifetime
2
life
3
lifetime
4
career
5
for life
6
all one's life
7
throughout one's life
Example sentence
母の死は私の生涯に大きな空白を残した。
The death of my mother left a big blank in my life.
Your sentences
Mine a sentence — saw 生涯 in the wild?
Kanji in this word
生
Life, Genuine, Birth
5 strokes
涯
Horizon, Shore, Limit
11 strokes
More words with
生
生徒
せいと ·
student
N5
生活
せいかつ ·
life
生産
せいさんする ·
production
N4
学生
がくせい ·
student
N5
生活
せいかつする ·
living
N4
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生産
せいさん ·
production
人生
じんせい ·
(human) life (e.g., conception to death)
N3
先生
せんせい ·
teacher
N5
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