せい
Meanings
Noun
1. spirit; sprite; nymph
She looked like a cherry blossom fairy.
2. energy; vigor (vigour); strength
That looks like it'll give me some energy.
3. fine details
4. semen
Apparently men suddenly get sleepy after they ejaculate.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (92 in total)
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability; as hard as possible
ejaculation
spirit; soul; ghost
fine; minute; detailed; meticulous; precise
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
to work hard; to be diligent; to do one's best; to try one's hardest; to exert oneself
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
semen; seminal fluid; sperm
fertilization; fertilisation; impregnation; pollination; insemination
to be working hard; to be doing one's best
mental; spiritual; emotional
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
working earnestly; sincerity; diligence; effort; pains
precise; exact; detailed; accurate; minute; close
elaborate; delicate; exquisite
being well versed (in); being well acquainted (with); being familiar (with); (a boy's) first ejaculation; spermarche; semenarche
essence; kernel; spirit; pith
mind; spirit; attitude; mentality; spirit (of a matter); essence
precision; accuracy
emotional strength; force of will
sperm; spermatozoon
refining; purification; careful manufacture
(mind and) spirit; life energy; vitality; essence
energy; vigor; vigour; vitality
exact calculation; squaring of accounts; adjustment
(ethyl) alcohol; spirits of wine
spirituality; spiritual nature
picked troops; elite soldiers; crack troops
exquisite
detailed and accurate; exhaustive and precise; meticulous; finely detailed
soul; spirit
(good quality) meat; processed meat; small goods
energy; vitality; mental determination
to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)
meat shop; butcher's shop
precision machinery; precision machine; precision tool; precision tools; precision equipment
water spirit; water nymph; naiad
dryad; tree spirit
wind egg; unfertilized egg; unfertilised egg
essence; quintessence; flower; glory
eye strain; eyestrain; asthenopia
fertilized egg
spirit of a tree; tree spirit; wood alcohol; wood spirit; methanol
vas deferens; ductus deferens; seminal duct; spermatic duct
spirit of a flower
careful selection
refining process
refining; polishing (of rice)
purity; unselfishness
precision manufacturing; exquisite workmanship
detailed; minute; fine; delicate
to have an involuntary emission of semen
ejaculate volume; semen volume
superior; excellent; fine; choice
aphrodisia; stimulation (sexual)
fire spirit; salamander (mythical fire lizard)
drinking semen; swallowing semen
drinking semen; swallowing semen
supreme beauty; exquisiteness
fineness or coarseness; minuteness or roughness
refined sugar; sugar refining
refinement (e.g. of alcohol); rectification
careful examination; close observation
polished rice; uncooked white rice
refined salt
seminiferous tubule
to be exhausted; to be out of energy
refined product; refined goods
refined sugar
spermatid; sperm cell
detailed exposition
hard-working farmer or agriculturalist
refined copper
utmost purity
antheridium
to make a great effort; to exert oneself
essence of mint
refined sugar
psychosomatic medicine
spermatogonial
spermatic cord
myths of asexual conception from natural objects
detailed explanation
spermatophore
spermatic cord
detailed explanation
Examples (6 in total)
That looks like it'll give me some energy.
She looked like a cherry blossom fairy.
Ah, was that the genie of the lamp?