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94 word matches found for '生' using reading 'しょう'
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi), 'no' adjective
1. whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era
2. (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life
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'na' adjective, adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; for dear life  (see also: 一所懸命; yojijukugo)
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noun
1. Heian-period student of government administration  (archaic)
2. Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism  (archaic)
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Most common form: 殺生
1. killing; destruction of life
2. barbarous; callous; brutal; cruel
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Most common form: しょうが
noun
ginger (Zingiber officinale)  (often written with kana only)
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noun
1. life; living
noun, noun (suffix)
2. I; me; myself  (male term or language; humble; this meaning is restricted to reading せい)
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noun
half death
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noun
previous existence
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noun
afterlife
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
1. seven lives  (Buddhist term)
noun
2. seven generations
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noun
1. beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
2. person reborn into the animal realm  (see also: 畜生道; Buddhist term)
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noun
with religious zeal; with utmost devotion; take great care of  (yojijukugo)
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noun
the instant of birth (rebirth)  (see also: 四有; Buddhist term)
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noun
1. living thing
2. animate
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noun
1. metempsychosis  (Buddhist term)
2. saving the lives of many  (see also: 一殺多生)
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expression, noun
narrow escape from death
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noun
narrow escape from the jaw of death  (yojijukugo)
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adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun
eternity; forever; through all eternity  (yojijukugo)
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noun
1. narrow escape from the jaws of death  (yojijukugo)
2. there being barely a chance of escaping death
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noun
advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death  (yojijukugo)
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noun
1. Chinese lizard's tail (Saururus chinensis)
2. 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day
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noun
previous existence; future existence; transmigration
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daredevil; reckless; thinking nothing of one's death  (yojijukugo)
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once in one's life; once in a lifetime  (yojijukugo)
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noun
rebirth  (from 生まれ変わる)
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noun
1. birth parents; birthplace  (archaic)
2. child; creation
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unborn
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goblin
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'no' adjective, noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
before one's birth; before one was born
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