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一いっ生しょう

N3
いっしょう isshou
  1. whole life
  2. a lifetime
  3. all through life
nounの-adjectiveadverb

Chinese meanings

一生;终生

Examples

  • あなたは、一いっ生しょう勉べん強きょうしなければならない。
    You must study your whole life.
    你必须终生学习。
  • 彼かれは科か学がくの研けん究きゅうに一いっ生しょうをささげた。
    He devoted his life to the study of science.
    他把一生献给了科学研究。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('e21a9f62b7'); // 一生
{
  "id": "e21a9f62b7",
  "word": "一生",
  "reading": "いっしょう",
  "romaji": "isshou",
  "meanings": [
    "whole life",
    "a lifetime",
    "all through life"
  ],
  "level": "N3",
  "pos": [
    "n",
    "adj-no",
    "adv"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1576200,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "あなたは、一生勉強しなければならない。",
      "furigana": "あなたは、{一生|いっしょう}{勉強|べんきょう}しなければならない。",
      "en": "You must study your whole life.",
      "tatoeba_id": 232927
    },
    {
      "ja": "彼は科学の研究に一生をささげた。",
      "furigana": "{彼|かれ}は{科学|かがく}の{研究|けんきゅう}に{一生|いっしょう}をささげた。",
      "en": "He devoted his life to the study of science.",
      "tatoeba_id": 236791
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "status": "reviewed",
    "source_hash": "2d1e731dc194ad0c11d424db7e3b14c6269273f23e05af048a61f5775155e81f",
    "meanings": [
      "一生",
      "终生"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "あなたは、一生勉強しなければならない。",
        "zh": "你必须终生学习。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "彼は科学の研究に一生をささげた。",
        "zh": "他把一生献给了科学研究。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n3/e21a9f62b7",
      "JMdict_e.gz, ent_seq 1576200",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28",
    "review_hash": "544ddd5ad7e47df6d495f8e102cc7df737389cb4732c085c266e375cf8854b71"
  }
}