Word details

一世

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 一世.

Dictionary

Entry

一世っせいNounFreq #31611
1

generation; lifetime

2

the age; the day

3

Noun, used as a suffix

the first (e.g. Elizabeth I)

Examples
1603年、ジェームズ一世が政権の座についたとき、フットボールは再び許可されたのです。
In 1603, when King James I came into power, football was allowed again.
4

issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

one, one radical (no.1)

1 strokesFrequency 2JLPT N4Grade 1

On

イチイツ

Kun

ひと-ひと.つ

Nanori

かずいっいるかつかづてんはじめひとつまこと

generation, world, society, public

5 strokesFrequency 135JLPT N3Grade 3

On

セイソウ

Kun

Nanori

としゆき

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