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JLPT N3nounLevel estimated by Bebop

生せい

sei

life

For raw food and draft beer, 生 is read なま. Note written by AI.

Example sentences

  1. 死しは生せいの正反対せいはんたいである。

    Death is the antithesis of life.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. 生せいを感かんじる。

    I feel alive.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. ドイツ神秘主義しんぴしゅぎなどを研究けんきゅうするが、後半こうはん生せいは仏教ぶっきょうに傾倒けいとうした。

    He studied German mysticism, among other subjects, but devoted himself to Buddhism in the latter half of his life.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 生

  • 生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・いける

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