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Kanji dictionary: 生 (life)
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生
Life
This kanji has 5 strokes. It is being learnt at grade 1.
This kanji belongs to jōyō (regular-use) kanji.
This kanji belongs to jōyō (regular-use) kanji.
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Meaning:life, genuine, birth
On reading:セイ、ショウ
sei, shō
sei, shō
Kun reading: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
i-kiru, i-kasu, i-keru, u-mareru, uma-reru, u-mare, umare, u-mu, o-u, ha-eru, ha-yasu, ki, nama, nama-, na-ru, na-su, mu-su, -u
i-kiru, i-kasu, i-keru, u-mareru, uma-reru, u-mare, umare, u-mu, o-u, ha-eru, ha-yasu, ki, nama, nama-, na-ru, na-su, mu-su, -u
Use examples
| 生活費 せいかつひ |
living expenses |
| 生物 なまもの |
uncooked (raw) food, perishables |
| 往生際が悪い おうじょうぎわがわるい |
accept defeat with a bad grace, make useless efforts, struggle in the inevitable plight |
| 生きるか死ぬかの瀬戸際 いきるかしぬかのせとぎわ |
a life-or-death brink, a life-or-death crucial moment |
| 体験を生かす たいけんをいかす |
make the most of one's experience |
| 生ける屍 いけるしかばね |
a living corpse |
| 生まれて初めて～ うまれてはじめて |
for the first time in my life |
| ５パーセントの利子を生む ごぱーせんとのりしをうむ |
yield interest at 5 percent |
| 羽が生える はねがはえる |
grow wings |
| 髭を生やす ひげをはやす |
grow a beard |
| 実が生る みがなる |
bear fruit |
| 生粋のポーランド人です きっすいのぽーらんどじんです |
be a pure Polish, was born and bred in Poland |
| 生意気 なまいき |
impertinence, impertinent, conceited, forward, saucy, insolent, cocky, brash, cheeky, sassy |
| 生い立ち おいたち |
one's childhood, personal history |
| 生憎 あいにく |
unfortunately, unluckily, |
| ☆＝残念ながら ざんねんながら） 芝生（しばふ |
a lawn, a grass plot |
