しょ

noun

  1. life, lifetime, career.

noun, adverb

  1. for life, all one's life, throughout one's life, as long as one lives.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
しょ
生涯 しょうがい

Contained Kanji Breakdown

life, genuine, birth
セイ い.きる う.まれる (1st, N5)
horizon, shore, limit
はて ガイ (9th, N1)
water, water radical (no. 85)
さんずい
precipice, shore, bank
ガイ ゲ ギ
wild goose, trailing cliff radical (no. 27)
カン かりがね (Kentei 1)
square jewel, corner, angle
ケイ ケ か (Kentei Pre-1, N1)
soil, earth, ground
ド つち は (1st, N5)