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Once in a Lifetime in Chinese / Japanese...

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Once in a Lifetime

 yī qī yī huì
 ichigo ichie
Once in a Lifetime Scroll

This Japanese title can be translated as “for this time only,” “chance meeting,” “one meeting, one opportunity,” “never again,” or “one chance in a lifetime.”

The characters literally mean “one time one meeting” - of course, the Kanji characters have meaning far beyond a direct translation like this.

Some might use this proverb to talk of an opportunity that presents itself just once in your life. It could also be a one-and-only chance meeting with your true soul mate. An expression of any event that might happen once in a lifetime.


This is primarily a Japanese title, however, there is also a Traditional Chinese (and old Korean) version of this proverb. Just the last character is different.
會The traditional form was used in Japan before WWII and in Korea prior to 1900. This title is somewhat known in China.

If you want the older traditional form, just click on the character to the right.




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Characters

If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese

Pronunciation
Romanization
Simple Dictionary Definition

一期一会

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 ichigoichie
    いちごいちえ

More info & calligraphy:

Once in a Lifetime
(yoji) once-in-a-lifetime encounter; uniquely precious experience; one lifetime, one meeting

一世一代

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 isseichidai; isseiichidai(ik) / issechidai; issechidai(ik)
    いっせいちだい; いっせいいちだい(ik)
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (yoji) once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

一生一度

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 isshouichido / isshoichido
    いっしょういちど
(adj-no,n) once in one's life; once in a lifetime

千載一遇

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 senzaiichiguu / senzaichigu
    せんざいいちぐう
(yoji) once in a lifetime (opportunity); (a golden opportunity that may) happen only once in a thousand years

後生一生

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 goshouisshou / goshoissho
    ごしょういっしょう
extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime

一生に一度

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 isshouniichido / isshonichido
    いっしょうにいちど
(exp,adj-no) once in a lifetime; once in one's life

Variations:
啐啄
そっ啄

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 sottaku
    そったく
(1) once-in-a-lifetime opportunity; golden opportunity; (2) {Buddh} being completely in sync (of a Zen master and apprentice)

後生一生の頼み

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 goshouisshounotanomi / goshoisshonotanomi
    ごしょういっしょうのたのみ
(expression) extremely important or once in a lifetime request

Variations:
千載一遇
千載一隅(iK)
千載一偶(sK)

see styles
 senzaiichiguu / senzaichigu
    せんざいいちぐう
(adj-no,n) (yoji) once-in-a-lifetime (opportunity); golden (opportunity); one-in-a-million (chance)

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title CharactersRomaji (Romanized Japanese)Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Once in a Lifetime一期一會
一期一会
ichigo ichie
ichigoichie
yī qī yī huì
yi1 qi1 yi1 hui4
yi qi yi hui
yiqiyihui
i ch`i i hui
ichiihui
i chi i hui
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line.
In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese.


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