noun
one generation; one of the three temporal worlds
Buddhist term referring to one of the three temporal worlds: past, present, or future. Used in doctrinal contexts.
仏教では、過去・現在・未来の三世を説くが、一世とはそのうちの一つを指す。
In Buddhism, the three temporal worlds of past, present, and future are taught; 'isse' refers to one of them.
noun
a lifetime; one's whole life
Extended from the Buddhist sense, used in literary or formal contexts to mean a person's entire life.
彼は一世を学問に捧げた。
He devoted his lifetime to scholarship.