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生涯 (しょうがい): one's lifetime — Japanese vocabulary

生涯 is read しょうがい and means "one's lifetime". JLPT N3 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

生涯

Reading
しょうがい · shougai
Translation
one's lifetime
Level
JLPT N3
Pitch accent
しょうがいが

Example

彼は生涯独身のままだった。

かれはしょうがいどくしんのままだった。

He remained a bachelor all his life.

Kanji in this word

  • 生 — life, birth
  • 涯 — Horizon, Shore, Limit

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