Word Meaning 阿世

あせい asei

阿世 is read as あせい (asei) and means timeserving.

Meaning

English

  1. timeserving

Reading

Kana

あせい

Romaji

asei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Rank 82369 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

曲学阿世

きょくがくあせい

prostitution of learning

阿闍世コンプレックス

あじゃせこんぷれっくす

Ajase complex (feelings of guilt towards one's mother)

阿南工業高等専門学校

あなんこうぎょうこうとうせんもんがっこう

Anan National College of Technology

阿付迎合

あふげいごう

ingratiation

阿国歌舞伎

おくにかぶき

Okuni kabuki

阿代

あしろ

Ophidion asiro (species of cusk eel)

阿片戦争

あへんせんそう

Opium War (1840-42)

阿比

あび

red-throated loon (Gavia stellata)

阿武船

あたけぶね

large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods

阿片法

あへんほう

Opium Control Act

阿形

あぎょう

open-mouthed form (statue with open mouth, symbolizing the "a" half of "aum")

阿頼耶識

あらやしき

alaya-vijnana (store consciousness, consciousness forming the base of all human existence)