生涯

• 読み: しょうがい
• ローマ字: shougai
• 漢字の分解: 生 (shō/sei) — life, living; 涯 (gai) — shore, limit, boundary
• 発音: /ɕoː.ɡa.i/

意味

One's lifetime; one's whole life. Used to describe the entire span of a person's life.

A noun used to refer to someone's entire life from birth to death. Common in compounds like 生涯学習 (lifelong learning) and 生涯年収 (lifetime earnings). More literary and formal than 一生 (isshō), which has a similar meaning but is more conversational.

例文

1. 祖父は生涯をかけてこの研究を続けた。
2. 生涯学習という考え方が広まっている。
3. 彼女は生涯忘れられない経験をした。

使い方ガイド

場面: literature, education, biography

トーン: reflective

起源と歴史

Sino-Japanese compound. 生 (shō, life/living) combined with 涯 (gai, shore/limit), together meaning 'the boundary of one's life' — from beginning to end.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal