Meaning of 一世一代 in Japanese
Japanese word definition and usage
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一世一代
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Kana Readingいっせいちだい, いっせいいちだい
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Romajiisseichidai, isseiichidai
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Word Senses
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- Parts of speech
- noun (common) (futsuumeishi), nouns which may take the genitive case particle `no`
- Meaning
- once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime
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Example Sentences
一世一代, いっせいちだい, いっせいいちだい used in context
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一世一代の晴れの舞台という言い回しがあるが、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.
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He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
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結婚式のことだけどさあ、君の一世一代の晴れの舞台なんだから、地味婚などといわないで、パーッと派手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?
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substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee
On: ダイ, タイ
Kun: か.わる, かわ.る, かわ.り, か.わり, -がわ.り, -が.わり, か.える, よ, しろ
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