noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun, adverb
Describes something that is normal, habitual, or part of one's daily life. Often used in the phrase 平生の (へいぜいの) to modify nouns, or adverbially as 平生は (へいぜいは) meaning 'usually' or 'ordinarily'.
平生の努力が実を結んだ。
His everyday efforts bore fruit.
平生はあまり酒を飲まない。
I don't usually drink much alcohol.
Composed of 平 (へい, 'flat, ordinary') and 生 (せい, 'life'), literally meaning 'ordinary life'. The reading へいぜい is a regular on'yomi compound.