人生 (じんせい, jinsei) Japanese meaning: life

人生 (じんせい, jinsei) Japanese meaning: life | Kotomora

Kanji

一いっ生しょうN3
一生 emphasizes the entire span of a person's life from birth to death as a single continuous stretch, while 人生 focuses more on the experiences and meaning of that life.
生しょう涯がいN1
生涯 is a more formal, often written word for a lifetime, whereas 人生 is used more broadly in everyday and reflective speech.
生せい活かつN5
生活 refers to daily living or lifestyle, while 人生 is the broader concept of one's entire life or human existence.
命いのちN3
命 is the physical life force or lifespan of a living being, often used in concrete or biological contexts, whereas 人生 is the human experience of life.

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ライフ
人生 refers specifically to a human life as a span or journey, while ライフ is the broader loanword used for life in general, lifestyle, or even game lives.
世よN1
人生 is the everyday word for one's life or lifetime, while 世 in this sense appears mainly in set, literary phrases like 世を去る.
世せい路ろ
人生 is the everyday word for 'life' or 'a person's life', while 世路 is a rare, literary term for the same idea, emphasizing the winding path one travels.
生せい命めいN3
人生 refers to a human life as a lived experience or story, whereas 生命 covers life in a broader biological or vital sense.

人じん命めいN2
人命 (じんめい) means human life as a physical existence to be protected or lost, while 人生 (じんせい) means a person's life as a lived experience or lifespan; their similar sound and shared kanji often cause confusion.

Compound of 人 (person, human) and 生 (life, living). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination naturally conveys 'human life'.