生涯 (しょうがい)life; lifetime; career

life; lifetime; careernoun (common) (futsuumeishi)
for life; all one's life; throughout one's lifenoun (common) (futsuumeishi), adverb (fukushi)

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Kanji in 生涯

学生がくせいstudent (esp. a university student)
生活せいかつliving; life (one's daily existence)
生産せいさんproduction; manufacture
人生じんせい(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
先生せんせいteacher; instructor
厚生省こうせいしょうMinistry of Health and Welfare (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)
年生ねんせいpupil in ... year; student in ... year
新生しんせいrebirth; new birth
生涯教育しょうがいきょういくlifelong education; continuing education
一生涯いっしょうがいlifetime; one's whole life
全生涯ぜんしょうがいone's whole life
公生涯こうしょうがいpublic life; public career
境涯きょうがいcircumstances; one's situation or lot in life
天涯てんがいhorizon; distant land
天涯万里てんがいばんりvery far away; the heavenly shores
天涯地角てんがいちかくtwo places being far apart

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