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しゅうせい is an exact match with one form of the following word:
終生
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Reading : しゅうせい   
adverbial noun (fukushitekimeishi), noun (temporal) (jisoumeishi)
all one's life; lifelong
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Kanshudo usefulness level: 8 (among the 30,000 most useful words in Japanese)
• Kanshudo usefulness level is based on a usefulness score of 58,365 which gives a rank of 17,873
終生 is the most useful form. 2 additional forms are shown below.
• This form is used about 70% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 65,000 (about 5,390,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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Example sentences:
あま
しゅうせい
終生
どくしん
独身
ちか
てる

Nuns take a vow of celibacy.
かのじょ
彼女
しゅうせい
終生
けんきゅう
研究
つづ
けました

She continued studying all her life.
かのじょ
彼女
しゅうせい
終生
その
まち
んだ

She lived all her life in that town.
しゅうせい
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is used about 20% of the time
• Google Japan frequency rank: 103,000 (about 1,710,000 results)
• This form appears in the 24,000 words in the Mainichi Shimbun frequency analysis by Alexandre Girardi
• This form is in band 41 in the EDICT word frequency file (bands go from 1-48, where 1 is most common - each contains about 500 words)
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終世
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Reading : しゅうせい   
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Usefulness and usage:
• This form is rarely used
• Google Japan frequency rank: 206,000 (about 213,000 results)
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シュウ   end   おわる to come to an end   おえる to bring to an end   
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シ   いと thread   
トウ   ふゆ winter   
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go
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セイ   ショウ    life   なま raw   いかす to enliven   いきる to live   いける to arrange flowers   うまれる to be born   う to give birth to   き pure, undiluted   お to grow, to sprout   はえる to grow, to sprout   はやす to grow, cultivate   
セ   セイ   よ the world   
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