せいせい

See also: せいぜい, ぜいせい, and ぜいぜい

Japanese

Etymology 1

Alternative spellings
清々 (uncommon) 晴々 (uncommon)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “kanji spellings are apparently ateji?”)

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) せーせー [sèéséꜜè] (Nakadaka – [3])[1]
(Tokyo) せーせー [séꜜèsèè] (Atamadaka – [1])[1]
IPA^(key): [se̞ːse̞ː]

Adverb

せいせい • (seisei) ^{←せいせい (seisei)^?}

refreshed
離(り)婚(こん)してせいせいした
rikon shite seisei shita
feeling better after divorce

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of せいせい – see the following entries.

【生成】	[noun] generation, formation [verb] to create, to form

【済世】	[noun] salvation; relief; saving the world

【精誠】	[noun] absolute sincerity; good faith

【成聖】	[noun] consecration

【精製】	[noun] quality production [noun] refining [verb] to produce with quality [verb] to refine

(This term, せいせい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 世世, 正声, 生生, 西征, 声声, 征西, 清世, 清正, 清静, 盛世, 棲棲, 聖世, 整正, 整斉, 井井, 正正, 青青, 凄凄, 済済, 萋萋, 菁菁, 整整, 韲韲.)

References

Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

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[DJR-1] Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN