► 名詞
生 [(1)せい] [liter] meaning: life rank: 2
☆ 生と死の狭間 ⇨ A narrow gap between life and death
► 形容動詞
生 [(1)なま] meaning: live rank: 1
☆ これは生の映像です ⇨ This is a live video
☆ 試合は生で放送された ⇨ The game was broadcast live
生 [(1)なま] meaning: raw rank: 1
☆ 生の魚を食べるのは嫌だという人は多い ⇨ There are many people who don’t want to eat raw fish
生 [(1)なま] meaning: real rank: 1
☆ これは私の生の体験です ⇨ This is my real, first-hand, experience
☆ 政治家は有権者の生の意見を聞こうとしない ⇨ Politicians don’t listen to the real voice of voters
More examples:
- 彼の最後は大往生だった (だいおうじょう) ⇨ His death was peaceful
- 彼は順風満帆の人生を生きてきた ⇨ His life has been a perfect smooth sailing. He has lived his life with everything going for him
- 彼は生ける屍も同然だった ⇨ He was virtually a living corpse, dead
- 彼は高校生になって背がぐんぐん伸びた ⇨ He got taller and taller when he started going to high school
- 僕は合格点に一点足りなかったが、先生がおまけしてくれた ⇨ I was one point shy of the passing score, but the teacher gave me a pass
- 夫婦の性生活 ⇨ Sex life of a married couple
- 彼は人生の最後の最後に一花咲かせた ⇨ He made one flower bloom, had a sizeable success, at the very end of his life
- 水爆は核を融合させて莫大なエネルギーを発生させる ⇨ H-bombs produces enormous energy by fusing nuclei
- 人生は勝ち負けの問題ではない ⇨ Life is not about win and loss, competition
- 生温い水 ⇨ Lukewarm water
- 先生は技を自分でやって見本を見せた ⇨ The teacher performed the move as an example
- 僕の柔道の先生 ⇨ My Judo teacher
- 私は私流の生き方で生きる ⇨ I live my life my way
- ペンギンは過酷な寒さの中でも生きていける ⇨ Penguins can survive in extremely harsh cold
- 一生懸命勉強したので日本語の力が付いて来た ⇨ I’ve studied hard and my Japanese has really improved