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せいぜん
Meanings
Adverb
Noun
1. while alive; during one's lifetime
That was the person's intention while they were alive.
Alt. forms
生せい前ぜん
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せいぜん
Pitch accent
せ
いぜん
Composed of
life; living; I; me; student
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
Used in vocabulary (3 in total)
funeral performed for someone while they are alive; living funeral
gift inter vivos
abdication of an emperor (before demise)
Examples (4 in total)
He was a great statesman in life.
That was the person's intention while they were alive.
It's something my father secretly taught me while he was alive.
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