人じん生せい僅わずか五ご十じゅう年ねん

expression

life is short; life is just fifty years

Proverb expressing the brevity of human life, often with a carpe diem implication. The literal meaning is 'human life is merely fifty years'.

• 「人じん生せい僅わずか五ご十じゅう年ねん」という言こと葉ばを胸むねに、彼かれは毎まい日にちを精せい一いっ杯ぱい生いきた。

  With the saying 'life is just fifty years' in his heart, he lived each day to the fullest.