一世 (いっせい) — generation, lifetime, the age

Meanings

• generation
• lifetime
• the age
• the day
• the first (e.g. Elizabeth I)
• issei
• first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

Kanji UsedColors show the reading used in this word: blue = on’yomi (Chinese-derived), green = kun’yomi (native Japanese), purple = nanori (name readings), amber = jukujikun (whole-word readings). Uncolored tiles have no identified reading type.

• いっ 一 one
• せい 世 generation

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