せい
Meanings
Noun
1. life; living
Death is but an instant, but life is long.
Noun
Suffix
Masculine
Humble
2. I; me; myself
when read as "せい"
Suffix
Abbreviation
3. student
when read as "せい"
The academy students look at each other.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (266 in total)
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
pupil; student; schoolchild
fresh; new
(one's) life
production; manufacture
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
student (esp. a university student)
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
life and death
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
house where one was born; one's parents' house
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
living thing; organism; creature; biology
female high school student
senior high school student
post-natal; since birth
overseas student; exchange student
rebirth; new birth; nascent
to be born; to come into this world
university student; college student
inhabiting; living
transfer student; student changing schools
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
organism; living body
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
living person; the living
cram school student; student of a private-tutoring school
fourth-year student
prefect; praepostor
aquatic (life); living in the water
birth date; date of birth; DOB
livelihood; living
what grade (in school)
resurrection; resuscitation; regeneration; nth-year university student
elderly person; I; me
Japanese born in Taiwan during Japanese rule; campylotropous; sinuate
the remainder of one's life
modern Momotarō story version, where he is born inside a peach
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
junior high school student; middle school pupil
third-year student; third-year pupil
while alive; during one's lifetime
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
life and death; life or death
new student; freshman; first-year student
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
graduate; alumnus; alumna
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
boarder; boarding student
occupation; calling; livelihood
student in a lower grade; underclassman
derivation; development; offshoot
physiology; one's period; menstruation
I; me; my humble self
student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)
scholarship student
student of a women's college; female university student
transfer student
product; produce
garden (esp. with trees); park
raw meat; fresh meat
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
pupil; disciple; follower
half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far
growth (of a plant)
current student; enrolled student
larva; larvae
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all living creatures
longevity; eternal life; cycle that can be repeated indefinitely and neither group dies
natural growth; wild growth
production output; number of goods manufactured
classmate; graduates in the same class; wrestlers who began their professional careers in the same tournament
middle and high-school students
physiology
living thing; animate
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
poor student
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
all living things; mankind; the people; the world
crude drug; natural drug; galenical
vitality; ability to earn a living
eugenics
senior (e.g. at school)
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
student enrolled from an unaffiliated lower-level school
growth; metamorphosis
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
public welfare; the people's livelihood
student of a girls' school
first-year (university) student; freshman; (one of the) first graduates of a new school
graduate student; postgraduate student
medical student
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
research student
biometrics; biometric authentication
third year (college) student; junior
scholarship student
self-supporting student; working student
eating (something) raw
biochemistry
student enrolled from an affiliated lower-level school
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
producing area
auditor; auditing student
naturally occurring; nature; disposition; vocation; calling
student teacher; trainee teacher
living things
trainee; intern
second year (college) student; sophomore
students attending lectures
student; trainee
life and death
student on field trip
unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
enrolled student; registered student
production
model or exemplary student
living in the present
failed student; student required to repeat a year
theological student; seminary student
terrestrial (life); land-dwelling
biological tissue
healthy complexion
crude; immature; unpolished
art student
year of a person's birth; age
medical student
oviparity; produced from eggs
preparatory-department student
undergraduate
boarding student
production control; PC
latter half of one's life
viviparity; viviparous; zoogonous; live-bearing
student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try
seminar student
graft survival; survival of a transplant; engraftment
raw noodles; uncooked noodles; fresh noodles
first half of one's life
the whole life; entire life
philosophy of life
kindergartener; preschooler
opposition (in phyllotaxis); opposite arrangement; opposing pairs (of leaves)
junior college student
taking care of one's health
vitality
birthplace
amphibious; amphibian
student teacher
survival
student repeating the same class
verticillation (in phyllotaxis); verticillate arrangement; whorled arrangement
new field
dense growth; thick growth; gregarious growth; growing in clusters
lifelong separation
elementary school student; primary school student
amount of production
pupil; student; follower
years of (someone's) birth and death
one's previous life
for raw consumption (of meat, shellfish, etc.)
bearing twins; twins
endogeny
schoolgirl
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
matter of life and death
pharmacist; chemist
childbirth from an unmarried couple
day student; commuting student
sibling
antibiosis
calorification; thermogenesis
epiphytic; designating a non-parasitic plant that grows on other plants
slow growth; slow ripening
exogenous; heterogenous; ectotrophic; extraneous
boarder; boarding student
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; humankind; humanity; the people
kisaeng (Korean female entertainer)
perennation; perennial; perennial plant
elementary, middle, and high school students
scholarship student
(of plants) growing in clusters; growing gregariously
bio-medical; biomedical; medical student
I; me
Confucian scholar
(arch.) prisoner of war (Yayoi period); slaves
orthotropous
creation out of nothing; making something out of thin air; pure fabrication; "Creating Something from Nothing" (7th of the Thirty-Six Stratagems); making a non-existent thing appear to exist to deceive an enemy
trainee; student
nine lives (of a cat)
byproduct; secondary product
coexisting (of different plant or animal species); growing together; living together
production engineering
former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)
benthic; sea-bottom
technical intern trainee; foreign trainee in Japan on a technical intern training visa
birth and death; years of birth and death
student studying abroad at government expense
student on a scholarship-loan
biodegradable; biodegradability
scholarship student sent by government office or business
teething; cutting teeth; dentition
biosynthesis
growing point; point of growth
special student; non-matriculated student; non-regular student
brain physiologist
live bacteria; live virus; viable fungus
radical leaf; rosette
life and non-life insurance; life insurance and non-life insurance companies
Seikagaku Corporation
winter annual; biennial; biennial plant
halophilous plant
trace fossil
parazoan (member of an ancestral subkingdom of animals whose only surviving members are the sponges)
no mortal escapes death; all men must die; (lit.) he who has life, certainly has death
basal body; basal granule; kinetosome; blepharoplast
biopolitics
Phanerozoic
birth, illness, old age and death
perfoliate leaf
regular student (undergraduate or graduate)
exchange or research student (as opposed to regular undergraduate or graduate)
normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people
private-sphere language; language used in every day life; dialect
Cryptozoic (period)
birth is the beginning of death
officer cadet (JSDF)
high school graduate who has failed university entrance examinations multiple times
male high school student; boys' high school student
male high school student
student at another school
fasciculation
genitive case
transfer student; enrollee
generative AI; generative artificial intelligence
International Union of Physiological Sciences
Shiseido (Japanese cosmetics firm)
All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations; Zengakuren
National Institute of Health (former)
National Institute of Health (former)
intake (esp. in a school, training program, etc.); cohort; batch; class
impoverished student; poor student; poor person
Examples (6 in total)
Death is but an instant, but life is long.
I respect my English teacher, Mr. Taniguchi.
He is in fourth grade of elementary school.