NichiDict

一生

N3
いっしょう
[isshou]
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Meanings

1.NounNo-adjAdverb

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era

2.No-adj

(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

Examples

この旅行は一生忘れられない思い出になる。

This will become a lifetime memory.

祖父から譲り受けた懐中時計は、彼にとって一生の宝物として今も大切に手入れされている。

The pocket watch he had inherited from his grandfather was for him a treasure of a lifetime, and he still cared for it lovingly to this day.

目標達成のため一生懸命に努力してきた。

I have worked hard with all my might.