生せい
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.
Kanji used
life
Pitch accent
せ
い
Top 3100
Used in vocabulary (280 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
life; living; livelihood; (one's) living
(one's) life
student (esp. a university student)
living thing; organism; creature; biology
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
restoration to life; coming to life again; reformation; rehabilitation; recycling; reclamation; playback
senior high school student
elementary school student; primary school student; grade school student
reincarnation; rebirth; transmigration; metempsychosis
junior high school student; middle school pupil
production; manufacture
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
female high school student
third-year student; third-year pupil
revival; resuscitation; revitalization; rejuvenation; regeneration
university student; college student
while alive; during one's lifetime
transfer student; student changing schools
wild; growing wild; living in the wild; (arch.) I; (arch.) me
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
new student; freshman; first-year student
life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation
honor student; honours student; model student; prize pupil
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
inhabiting; living
organism; living body
first-year student; first-year pupil; beginner; novice; annual; annual plant
nth-year student; nth-year pupil
graduate; alumnus; alumna
student preparing for or taking examinations (usu. entrance exams); test-taker
ecology; life and habits (of an animal); mode of life; way of living
living person; the living
overseas student; exchange student
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
boarder; boarding student
third-year student; third-year pupil
by nature; naturally; by birth; since birth; in one's (entire) life
student in a lower grade; underclassman
rebirth; new birth; nascent
derivation; development; offshoot
occupation; calling; livelihood
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
cram school student; student of a private-tutoring school
student of a women's college; female university student
house where one was born; one's parents' house
fourth-year student
life and death
to be born; to come into this world
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
prefect; praepostor
growth (of a plant)
current student; enrolled student
post-natal; since birth
growing en masse in one location (of plants); living gregariously (of animals); living in flocks, herds, colonies, etc.; all living creatures
larva; larvae
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
graduate student; insei; apprentice go professional
birth date; date of birth; DOB
living thing; animate
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
student enrolled from an unaffiliated lower-level school
livelihood; living
growth; metamorphosis
student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination
generating cycle (of the five elements in Chinese philosophy; wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, water generates wood); mutual generation
public welfare; the people's livelihood
student of a girls' school
primeval; primordial; primitive; pristine
graduate student; postgraduate student
medical student
what grade (in school)
peanut (Arachis hypogaea); groundnut
graduate of the same school; fellow alumnus; (former) schoolmate
biometrics; biometric authentication
scholarship student
eating (something) raw
self-supporting student; working student
student enrolled from an affiliated lower-level school
one's nature or personality; inherent; innate
resurrection; resuscitation; regeneration; nth-year university student
elderly person; I; me
auditor; auditing student
living things
naturally occurring; nature; disposition; vocation; calling
life and death
first-year (university) student; freshman; (one of the) first graduates of a new school
aquatic (life); living in the water
lively; vivid; vigorous; being born and raised; growing up
to be born; to come into this world
first-year (university) student; freshman; (one of the) first graduates of a new school
students attending lectures
year of a person's birth; age
third year (college) student; junior
third year (college) student; junior
enrolled student; registered student
living in the present
model or exemplary student
failed student; student required to repeat a year
theological student; seminary student
healthy complexion
crude; immature; unpolished
birthplace
medical student
second year (college) student; sophomore
second year (college) student; sophomore
oviparity; produced from eggs
childbirth from an unmarried couple
preparatory-department student
production control; PC
garden (esp. with trees); park
latter half of one's life
bearing twins; twins
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
amphibious; amphibian
intake (esp. in a school, training program, etc.); cohort; batch; class
graft survival; survival of a transplant; engraftment
raw noodles; uncooked noodles; fresh noodles
first half of one's life
the whole life; entire life
kindergartener; preschooler
junior college student
opposition (in phyllotaxis); opposite arrangement; opposing pairs (of leaves)
terrestrial (life); land-dwelling
student teacher
years of (someone's) birth and death
student repeating the same class
exogenous; heterogenous; ectotrophic; extraneous
verticillation (in phyllotaxis); verticillate arrangement; whorled arrangement
lifelong separation
elementary school student; primary school student
pupil; student; follower
amount of production
dense growth; thick growth; gregarious growth; growing in clusters
one's previous life
for raw consumption (of meat, shellfish, etc.)
birth and death; years of birth and death
(arch.) birth parents; (arch.) birthplace; child; creation
pharmacist; chemist
day student; commuting student
epiphytic; designating a non-parasitic plant that grows on other plants
slow growth; slow ripening
calorification; thermogenesis
boarder; boarding student
vengeful spirit (spawned from a person's hate); doppelgänger; co-walker; humankind; humanity; the people
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
elementary, middle, and high school students
perennation; perennial; perennial plant
kisaeng (Korean female entertainer)
scholarship student
bio-medical; biomedical; medical student
(of plants) growing in clusters; growing gregariously
(arch.) prisoner of war (Yayoi period); slaves
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
Confucian scholar
coexisting (of different plant or animal species); growing together; living together
nine lives (of a cat)
byproduct; secondary product
production engineering
benthic; sea-bottom
former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)
technical intern trainee; foreign trainee in Japan on a technical intern training visa
Japanese born in Taiwan during Japanese rule; campylotropous; sinuate
biodegradable; biodegradability
student on a scholarship-loan
student studying abroad at government expense
the remainder of one's life
teething; cutting teeth; dentition
scholarship student sent by government office or business
unconquered savage; uncivilized aboriginal; aboriginal Taiwanese tribes outside Qing China's jurisdiction
taking care of one's health
radical leaf; rosette
live bacteria; live virus; viable fungus
special student; non-matriculated student; non-regular student
life and non-life insurance; life insurance and non-life insurance companies
years of (someone's) birth and death
(of plants) growing in clusters; growing gregariously
birth and death; years of birth and death
growing point; point of growth
modern Momotarō story version, where he is born inside a peach
generative AI; generative artificial intelligence
male high school student; boys' high school student
officer cadet (JSDF)
basal body; basal granule; kinetosome; blepharoplast
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
transfer student; enrollee
All-Japan Federation of Student Self-Government Associations; Zengakuren
genitive case
birth is the beginning of death
fasciculation
trace fossil
student at another school
no mortal escapes death; all men must die; (lit.) he who has life, certainly has death
regular student (undergraduate or graduate)
winter annual; biennial; biennial plant
International Union of Physiological Sciences
normalization; offering people with disabilities the same conditions as other people
Cryptozoic (period)
private-sphere language; language used in every day life; dialect
high school graduate who has failed university entrance examinations multiple times
birth, illness, old age and death
Shiseido (Japanese cosmetics firm)
exchange or research student (as opposed to regular undergraduate or graduate)
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.