Lingaku世【せい】
Frequency rank: 2,542. – 2,545. (for form せい: 567.)
- counter for generations
- epochgeology
counter
noun, used as a suffix
Forms
- 世【せい】Frequency rank: 2,542. – 2,545.
- せいFrequency rank: 567.
Generated definitions (experimental)
- counter for generations
- epoch
This meaning of "世" is used as a counter for generations in a family or any other group.
The number of families living together for three generations is decreasing.
"世" can also mean "epoch" or "era" when referring to a distinct period of time in history.
The Showa Era follows the Taisho Era.
Generated collocations (experimental)
せだい世代きごう(せだいきごう)generationよのなか世の中きごう(よのなかきごう)the worldせぞく世俗きごう(せぞくきごう)secular worldせわをする世話をするきごう(せわをするきごう)to take care ofせいき世紀きごう(せいききごう)centuryせしゅう世襲きごう(せしゅうきごう)hereditary successionせけん世間きごう(せけんきごう)societyせだいこうたい世代交代きごう(せだいこうたいきごう)generational changeよろん世論きごう(よろんきごう)public opinionよのなか世の中のながれ流れきごう(よのなかのながれきごう)the flow of the world
Example sentences
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There's a saying, "once in a life-time event," and that's just what this is.
He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
3. かくめいせいふ革命政府は、みんしゅう民衆からへい兵をつのってぼうせん防戦するとともに、きょうわせいじ共和政治をかくりつ確立して、とらえていた捕らえていたるいルイじゅう ろくせい１６世をしょけい処刑しました。
The revolutionary government, while raising troops from the masses and fighting a defensive battle, established a republic and executed Louis XVI.
4. こくおう国王へんりいヘンリーはっせい８世は、ろんどんロンドンからさほどとおくない遠くないてむずテムズかわ川かはん河畔にあるじぶん自分のきゅうでん宮殿はんぷとんハンプトンこうとコートにてにすこうとテニスコートをもっていた持っていた。
King Henry VIII had a tennis court at Hampton Court, his palace on the River Thames, not very far from London.
About the wedding ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the main attraction, so instead of doing it on a shoestring, why not pull out all the stops and make a great show of it?
6. ふぉうくフォークはゆうふく裕福なひとびと人々のしょくたく食卓にはいって入ってきたが、いぎりすイギリスのえりざべすエリザベスいっせい１世やふらんすフランスのるいルイじゅう よんせい１４世など、おうけ王家のひとたち人たちのおおく多くはゆび指でしょくじ食事をしていた。
Although the fork entered society on the tables of rich people, many members of royalty, such as Elizabeth I of England and Louis XIV of France, ate with their fingers.
My wife is crying a river of tears because Queen Elizabeth II has passed away.
8. ついにせん さんびゃく じゅう よんねん１３１４年には、このきょうぎ競技はとてもらんぼう乱暴できけん危険なものとなっていたので、えどわあどエドワードにせい二世はほうりつ法律をせいてい制定したのです。
Finally, in 1314, these games had become so violent and dangerous that King Edward II made a law.
George III has been unfairly maligned by historians.
Louis the 14th, known as the "Sun King", brought about the golden age of the French absolute monarchy.