しょう
生
がい
涯

noun

  1. life, lifetime, career.

noun, adverb

  1. for life, all one's life, throughout one's life, as long as one lives.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょう
生
がい
涯
 生涯 しょうがい ✔

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ　い.きる　う.まれる (1st, N5)
horizon, shore, limit
はて　ガイ (Early High School, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
precipice, shore, bank
ガイ　ゲ　ギ
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン　かりがね (Kentei 1)
square jewel, corner, angle
ケイ　ケ　か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド　つち　は (1st, N5)