Word Meaning 酔生夢死

すいせいむし suiseimushi

酔生夢死 is read as すいせいむし (suiseimushi) and means idling one's life away.

Meaning

English

  1. idling one's life away
  2. living to no purpose

Reading

Kana

すいせいむし

Romaji

suiseimushi

Writing Variants

  • 酔生夢死 すいせいぼうし suiseiboushi

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Yojijukugo Rank 91335 Priority O

Related Vocabulary

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酔夢

すいむ

drunken dream

生死

しょうじ

death

流転生死

るてんしょうじ

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

生死

いきしに

life and death

生酔い本性違わず

なまよいほんしょうたがわず

in wine there is truth

生死一如

せいしいちにょ

life and death are the two faces of the same coin

生酔い

なまよい

tipsy

死生

しせい

life and death

起死回生

きしかいせい

revival from the brink of death

生き身は死身

いきみはしにみ

all that lives must eventually die

生死の境

せいしのさかい

between life and death

生死に関わる問題

せいしにかかわるもんだい

matter of life and death