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Kanji Detail for 涯 - "shore, limit, boundary"
涯
- Meaning
涯 means "shore, limit, boundary."
Shore - The edge of water and land.
Limit - The boundary; the end point.
Lifetime - The span of one's life.
- Dictionary Citations
The meaning above is based on the following sources:
KANJIDIC2 A comprehensive Japanese-English kanji dictionary
horizon; shore; limit; bound
Unihan Unicode Han Database for CJK characters
shore, bank, water's edge
CC-CEDICT A Chinese-English dictionary
border; horizon; shore
Make Me a Hanzi Open-source Chinese character data
border, horizon; river bank, shore
XSZD Xuéshēng Zìdiǎn (學生字典) - Student's Dictionary
The shore of water. | Borrowed to mean exhaustion. That which is inexhaustible is called 無涯 (boundless). See Zhuangzi.
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Sentences including 涯
He helped poor people all his life.
He stayed at the same job for his whole life.
She continued studying all her life.
He lived a happy life.
It was the biggest mistake of my life.
His was a remarkable life.
Sentences from Japanese classical masterpieces
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
生涯に二度とある事じゃないんだからね、お客ぐらいするのは当り前だよ。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
もう取り返しが付かないという黒い光が、私の未来を貫いて、一瞬間に私の前に横たわる全生涯を物凄く照らしました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし自分で自分の先が見えない人間の事ですから、ことによるとあるいはこれが私の心持を一転して新しい生涯に入る端緒になるかも知れないとも思ったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
もう取り返しが付かないという黒い光が、私の未来を貫いて、一瞬間に私の前に横たわる全生涯を物凄く照らしました。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha
しかし自分で自分の先が見えない人間の事ですから、ことによるとあるいはこれが私の心持を一転して新しい生涯に入る端緒になるかも知れないとも思ったのです。
from "Kokoro", by Natsume Sōseki, original text:Shueisha Bunko, Shueisha