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一生

いっしょう

a lifetime

Mnemonic

One life, the whole of it end to end, which is how large the favour is being made out to be. A show いっしょう of a lifetime: いっしょう.

Built from

one
A single stroke. It doesn't get simpler than this.
life, raw
A pictograph, a shoot pushing up out of the ground.

Words sharing these kanji

(the) most one once instant, for a moment what on earth, what the… once more for the time being, more or less together in one go (one) part single word, a few words number one, first

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