Chinese edit

 
to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide
to separate; to stand or lie between; to divide; to cut off
 
life; age; generation
life; age; generation; era; world; lifetime
simp. and trad.
(隔世)

Pronunciation edit


Verb edit

隔世

  1. to be separated by a generation
  2. (figurative) to be a long time apart

Derived terms edit

Japanese edit

Kanji in this term
かく
Grade: S
せい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

(かく)(せい) (kakusei

  1. previous age

References edit

  1. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  3. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997), 新明解国語辞典 (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN