takes genitive case の, noun

Messages.yoji.
  1. once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity), golden (opportunity), one-in-a-million (chance).

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
千載一遇 せんざいいちぐう
千載一隅 せんざいいちぐう
千載一偶 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 (Early Jr. High, 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 (Late High School, 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 (Late Jr. High, 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)
walk, road, (辵 variant, one dot jōyō form)