単語屋Tangoya, “the word shop”
Kanji compounds#666 most used

一生

いっしょう0

Pitch accent · 平板 (heiban)

whole life; all through life

ITS KANJI

IN A SENTENCE

I'll remember this incident forever.

from Tatoeba · small_snow

IN OTHER SENTENCES

You must study your whole life.

from Tatoeba

MEANINGS

1

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era

noun · takes の · adverb

TANGOYA ASKS

2

(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

takes の

SOUNDS THE SAME

一升one shō (approx. 1.8 litres)いっしょう · not in tangoya
一勝one win; one victoryいっしょう · not in tangoya

DETAILS

Kind熟語, kanji compounds

Frequency#666 most used

Written一生 only

Can be asked asRead, Listen, Recall, Write

Dictionary: JMdict (EDRDG), CC BY-SA 4.0 · pitch: Kanjium