► 名詞
一生 [いっしょう] meaning: life rank: 2
☆ このことは一生忘れない ⇨ I will never forget this for the rest of my life (☛ One’s entire life)
☆ この恩は一生かかってでも返す ⇨ I repay this debt even if it takes my whole life (☛ One’s entire life)
More examples:
- 心の傷は一生治らない ⇨ Mental wounds won’t heal for life
- ここで諦めたら一生悔いることになるぞ ⇨ If you give up now, you’ll regret it for the rest of your life
- 彼は一生涯独身だった ⇨ He never married through his life
- 一生懸命練習したらぐんと力がついた ⇨ I practiced hard and my skills have improved significantly
- 彼は九死に一生を得た (きゅうしにいっしょう) ⇨ He got one life out of nice deaths. He miraculously survived
- 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
- 彼女は人助けに一生を捧げた ⇨ She dedicated her life to help others
- 心の傷は一生消えない ⇨ Psychological wounds will never heal
- 彼が一生懸命育てて来た事業 ⇨ The business he has been working hard to grow
- 初体験のことは誰でも一生憶えている ⇨ Everybody remembers first (sexual) experience for life
- この御恩は一生忘れません ⇨ I will never forget the favor you gave me for the rest of my life
- 彼は子供達のために一生懸命働いている ⇨ He is working hard for (the better lives of) his children
- 彼は仕事をするより上司に取り入ることに一生懸命だ ⇨ He spends more energy on brown-nosing his boss than getting his work done
- 彼女は夫に一生添い遂げた ⇨ She stay married to her husband all her life
- 聞くは一時の恥、聞かぬは一生の恥 ⇨ Asking is a momentary shame. Not asking (and never learning) is a lifetime shame