生活
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Japanese [edit]
| Kanji in this term | |
| 生 | 活 |
Noun [edit]
生活 (hiragana せいかつ, romaji seikatsu)
- Life; livelihood; daily living.
Usage notes [edit]
生活 is distinct from 命 (いのち, inochi, life), because it refers to daily life and livelihood as it is experienced, whereas 命 refers to life as a whole (from birth to death), or as an abstract concept. Both are generally translated as life, however, as this distinction is not normally made in English.
Synonyms [edit]
Compounds [edit]
- 生活費 (せいかつひ, seikatsuhi): living expenses
- 生活様式 (せいかつようしき, seikatsu-yōshiki): life style
- 実生活 (じっせいかつ, jisseikatsu): actual life
- 日常生活 (にちじょうせいかつ, nichijō-seikatsu): daily life
Verb [edit]
生活 + する (irregular conjugation, hiragana せいかつする, romaji seikatsu suru)
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of "生活する" (See Appendix:Japanese verbs.)
| Stem forms | Imperfective (未然形) | 生活し | せいかつし | seikatsu shi |
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| Continuative (連用形) | 生活し | せいかつし | seikatsu shi | |
| Terminal (終止形) | 生活する | せいかつする | seikatsu suru | |
| Attributive (連体形) | 生活する | せいかつする | seikatsu suru | |
| Hypothetical (仮定形) | 生活すれ | せいかつすれ | seikatsu sure | |
| Imperative (命令形) | 生活せよ¹ 生活しろ² |
せいかつせよ¹ せいかつしろ² |
seikatsu seyo¹ seikatsu shiro² |
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| Key constructions | Passive | 生活される | せいかつされる | seikatsu sareru |
| Causative | 生活させる 生活さす |
せいかつさせる せいかつさす |
seikatsu saseru seikatsu sasu |
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| Potential | 生活できる | せいかつできる | seikatsu dekiru | |
| Volitional | 生活しよう | せいかつしよう | seikatsu shiyō | |
| Negative | 生活しない | せいかつしない | seikatsu shinai | |
| Negative continuative | 生活せず | せいかつせず | seikatsu sezu | |
| Formal | 生活します | せいかつします | seikatsu shimasu | |
| Perfective | 生活した | せいかつした | seikatsu shita | |
| Conjunctive | 生活して | せいかつして | seikatsu shite | |
| Hypothetical conditional | 生活すれば | せいかつすれば | seikatsu sureba | |
| ¹ Written imperative ² Spoken imperative |
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Mandarin [edit]
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Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
生活 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shēnghuó)
Verb [edit]
生活 (traditional and simplified, Pinyin shēnghuó)
Derived terms [edit]
Related terms [edit]
Min Nan [edit]
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| 生活 | |||
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [ ɕiŋ˧˧uaʔ˥˥ ]
Noun [edit]
生活 (traditional and simplified, POJ seng-o̍ah)
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