千せん載ざい一いち遇ぐう

せ

ん

ざ

い

ち

ぐ

う

Freq.FrequencyTop 100,000

Meanings

1

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', noun

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; golden opportunity; one-in-a-million chance

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo emphasizing the extreme rarity of a favorable chance. Often used in formal or written contexts to describe a unique, fleeting opportunity.

このプロジェクトに参

さん

加か

できる

の

は

千せん

載ざい

一いち

遇ぐう

の

チャンス

だ

。

Being able to join this project is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

千せん載ざい一いち遇ぐうの好こう機きを逃のがさないように全ぜん力りょくを尽つくした。

I gave it my all so as not to miss this golden opportunity.

Kanji

千thousand
載ride, board, get on
一one, one radical (no.1)
遇meet, encounter, interview
隅corner, nook

Related words

一いち期ご一いち会え
一期一会 emphasizes treasuring each encounter as unique and unrepeatable, while 千載一遇 focuses on the extreme rarity of a favorable chance.
絶ぜっ好こうの機き会かい
絶好の機会 is a more common, everyday phrase for a perfect opportunity, whereas 千載一遇 is a formal yojijukugo stressing once-in-a-millennium rarity.

Built from

千せん載ざい+一いち遇ぐう

Written forms

千せん載ざい一いち遇ぐう
Standard kanji form; a yojijukugo meaning a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
千せん載ざい一いち隅ぐう
irregular kanji usage
Irregular kanji variant using 隅 (corner) instead of 遇 (encounter); considered non-standard.

Etymology

From Chinese, literally 'one encounter in a thousand years'. The kanji 千 (thousand), 載 (year), 一 (one), and 遇 (encounter) combine to express an extremely rare meeting or opportunity.