Word Meaning 一世一代

いっせいちだい isseichidai

一世一代 is read as いっせいちだい (isseichidai) and means once in a lifetime.

Meaning

English

  1. once in a lifetime
  2. the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

Reading

Kana

いっせいちだい

Romaji

isseichidai

Writing Variants

  • 一世一代 いっせいいちだい isseiichidai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 12 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Yojijukugo Rank 76599 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一代

いちだい

generation

一世

いっせい

the first (e.g. Elizabeth I)

世代

せだい

generation

一代記

いちだいき

biography

一世紀

いっせいき

century

一世の雄

いっせいのゆう

greatest hero (mastermind) of the age

一番出世

いちばんしゅっせ

newly recruited wrestlers in the first round of presentation after mae-zumo

新世紀世代

しんせいきせだい

millennials

異世代

いせだい

intergenerational

旧世代

きゅうせだい

older generation

世代交代

せだいこうたい

alternation of generations

次世代

じせだい

next generation

Example Sentences

2

He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.

There's a saying, "once in a life-time event," and that's just what this is.