いっせ

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いっせ – see the following entry.
【一世】
[noun] (Buddhism) one of the 三世 (sanze, literally “three lifetimes”), namely 過去 (“the past”), 現在 (“the present”) and 未来 (“the future”)
[noun] one lifetime
[noun] one as the first generation, in contrast with 二世 (nise, one's children as the second generation) and 三世 (sanze, one's grandchildren as the third generation)
[noun] the primary relationship between parents and children, in contrast with 二世 (nise, secondary relationship between spouses) and 三世 (sanze, tertiary relationship between master and servant)
(This term, いっせ (isse), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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