せん
千
ざい
載
いち
一
ぐう
遇

noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. once in a lifetime (opportunity), (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
せん
千
ざい
載
いち
一
ぐう
遇
 千載一遇 せんざいいちぐう

Contained Kanji Breakdown

thousand
セン　ち　かず (1st, N5)
ride, board, get on
サイ　の.せる　とし (7th, N1)
to cut, wound, hurt
ten
ジュウ　ジッ　ジュッ (1st, N5)
halberd, arms, festival car
ほこ　カ　ほこづくり (Kentei 1)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
piling, ceremony radical (no. 56)
ヨク　いぐるみ (Kentei 1)
car
シャ　くるま　くら (1st, N5)
span, range, extend over
わた.る　コウ　わたる (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
daybreak, dawn, morning
タン　あき.らか　あきら (11th, N1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)
コン　シ　ジョ
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
meet, encounter, interview
グウ　あ.う (8th, N1)
long-tailed monkey
グ　グウ　おながざる (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)
rump, footprint radical (no. 114)
ジュウ　ニュ　あしあと
upside-down box radical (no. 13)
キョウ　ケイ (Kentei 1)
I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)
シ　ボウ　ム (Kentei 1)