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一代

Reading

Kana: いちだい
Romaji: ichidai
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Definition

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generation; lifetime; age

Kanji

Readings: イチ、 イツ、 ひと-、 ひと.つ
Meanings: one, one radical (no.1)
Readings: ダイ、 タイ、 か.わる、 かわ.る、 かわ.り、 か.わり、 -がわ.り、 -が.わり、 か.える、 よ、 しろ
Meanings: substitute, change, convert, replace, period, age, counter for decades of ages, eras, etc., generation, charge, rate, fee

Example Sentences

(かれ)一代(いちだい)巨万(きょまん)(とみ)()た。
➥He made a great fortune in his lifetime.
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(かれ)(ほぞ)(かた)めて一世一代(いっせいちだい)(だい)事業(じぎょう)()()した。
➥He resolved to embark on a once-in-a-lifetime enterprise.
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結婚式(けっこんしき)のことだけどさあ、(きみ)一世一代(いっせいちだい)()れの舞台(ぶたい)なんだから、地味(じみ)(こん)などといわないで、パーッと派手(はで)にしたらどうなのさ。
➥About the wedding ... It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be the main attraction so instead of doing it on a shoestring why not pull out all the stops and make a great show of it?
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その仕事(しごと)(いち)(だい)では(なと)()げられないだろう。
➥It seems the task will not be accomplished in our generation.
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一世一代(いっせいちだい)()れの舞台(ぶたい)という(いまわ)()しがあるが、これはまさにそれである。
➥There's a saying, "once in a life-time event," and that's just what this is.
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