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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.
Many great thinkers who were unknown while alive became famous after death.