Word Meaning 一世

いっせい issei

一世 is read as いっせい (issei) and means the first (e.g. Elizabeth I).

Meaning

English

  1. the first (e.g. Elizabeth I)
  2. generation
  3. lifetime
  4. issei
  5. first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)
  6. the age
  7. the day

Reading

Kana

いっせい

Romaji

issei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 6 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 13568 Priority C

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.