生せいalso: しょうせいJLPTN1›じ字FuriganaAudioMeanings1nounlife; livingGeneral term for life or living, often used in compounds or formal contexts.生せいと死しについて考かんがえる。Break this sentence down in the analyzerI think about life and death.2noun, noun, used as a suffixI; me; myselfmale term, language, or namehumble (kenjougo)›Only with reading せいHumble first-person pronoun used by men. Archaic and rarely used in modern speech; mostly found in historical or formal contexts.生せいはこの度たび、江え戸どへ参まいります。Break this sentence down in the analyzerI will be going to Edo this time.3noun, used as a suffixstudentabbreviationOnly with reading せいAbbreviation used as a suffix in compounds like 学生 (がくせい). Not used as a standalone word.See also: 学生 (がくせい)「学がく生せい」の「生せい」は、学まなぶ者ものを表あらわす接せつ尾び辞じです。Break this sentence down in the analyzerThe 生 in 学生 is a suffix that indicates a person who studies.See all 143 example sentences ›Usage patterns〈数すう〉年ねん生せいa student in their Nth year (grade)彼かれは大だい学がく1年ねん生せいです。Break this sentence down in the analyzerHe is a first-year university student.Expressions· 11生せいと死しlife and death節たかし先せん生せいsuccessive teacher; successive master後こう生せい可か畏いthe young should be regarded with respect人じん生せいオワタmy life is over生せいを受うけるto be born; to come into this worldShow 3 moreShow fewer生せいは死しの始はじめbirth is the beginning of death人じん生せい僅わずか五ご十じゅう年ねんlife is short; life is just fifty years生せいは難かたく死しは易やすしliving is difficult; dying is easySee all 11 in Explore →
