Meaning of 人生 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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人生JLPT 3
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Kana Readingじんせい
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Romajijinsei
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
- Meaning
- (human) life (i.e. conception to death)
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Example Sentences
人生, じんせい used in context
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He told me the story of his life.
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Life is despair, that's what I think.
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My life changed, sparked by meeting Mr Matsukawa.
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彼の完ぺきに秩序正しい人生は麻薬中毒の兄弟が現れた時に崩壊した。
His flawlessly ordered life collapsed when his drug-addict brothers appeared.
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この頃、親たちは子供たちを以前よりもっと大人として扱い、子供には自分で人生上の選択をする自由が今まで以上に与えられている。
Nowadays parents treat their children more as equals than they used to and the child is given more freedom to make his or her own decisions in life.
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「カイちゃんよー、お姉ちゃんはスゴク悲しいよー。こんなことで人生初体験だよ」「え？」「夜・逃・げ」
Kai dear! I'm really sad! Having my first experience in this way. "Eh?" "Skip-ping-town."
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Kanji found in this word
life, genuine, birth
On: セイ, ショウ
Kun: い.きる, い.かす, い.ける, う.まれる, うま.れる, う.まれ, うまれ, う.む, お.う, は.える, は.やす, き, なま, なま-, な.る, な.す, む.す, -う
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