Word Meaning 一世

いっせ isse

一世 is read as いっせ (isse) and means a lifetime.

Meaning

English

  1. a lifetime
  2. one generation (past, present, or future)

Reading

Kana

いっせ

Romaji

isse

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 73878 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

一番出世

いちばんしゅっせ

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

一世の雄

いっせいのゆう

greatest hero (mastermind) of the age

世界一

せかいいち

best in the world

第一次世界大戦

だいいちじせかいたいせん

First World War (1914-1918)

第一世界

だいいちせかい

First World

出世第一主義

しゅっせだいいちしゅぎ

careerism

万世一系

ばんせいいっけい

unbroken imperial line

八十日間世界一周

はちじゅうにちかんせかいいっしゅう

Around the World in Eighty Days (1873 novel by Jules Verne)

世界一周

せかいいっしゅう

round-the-world trip

世界一周旅行

せかいいっしゅうりょこう

round-the-world trip

世間一般

せけんいっぱん

the world in general

世間一般の通念

せけんいっぱんのつうねん

conventional wisdom

Example Sentences

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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.

In 1603, when King James I came into power, football was allowed again.

She was born just a generation past slavery. A time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky, when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons: because she was a woman, and because of the color of her skin.

She was born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no cars on the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn't vote for two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color of her skin.