Kanji: 生

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JLPT Level:	JLPT N5 (beginner level)
Kanken Level:	Kanken Level 10 (learned at completion of 1st grade)
Grade:	Taught during the 1st grade in Japan
Radical:	生 Radical name: うまれる
Meaning:	Life, genuine, birth
Usage:	Appears very frequently in Japanese newspapers; only about 30 kanji are used more often.

JLPT Level	Word	Meaning
N5	生(う)まれる	to be born
N5	学生(がくせい)	Student
N5	生徒(せいと)	student
N5	先生(せんせい)	teacher, doctor
N5	誕生日(たんじょうび)	birthday
N5	留学生(りゅうがくせい)	overseas student
N4	生(い)きる	to live
N4	一生懸命(いっしょうけんめい)	with utmost effort
N4	高校生(こうこうせい)	high school student
N4	生活(せいかつ)する	to live
N4	生産(せいさん)する	to produce
N4	大学生(だいがくせい)	university student
N3	生(い)き物(もの)	living thing, animal
N3	一生(いっしょう)	whole life, a lifetime, all through life
N3	生(う)まれ	birth, birth-place
N3	生地(きじ)	birthplace
N3	芝生(しばふ)	lawn
N3	生(しょう)じる	to produce, to yield, to result from, to arise, to be generated
N3	人生(じんせい)	(human) life (i.e. conception to death)
N3	生(せい)	(1) draft (beer), (2) raw, unprocessed
N3	生産(せいさん)	production, manufacture
N3	生物(せいぶつ)	raw food
N3	生命(せいめい)	life, existence
N3	誕生(たんじょう)	birth
N3	生(なま)	(1) draft (beer), (2) raw, unprocessed
N2	生(い)き生(い)き	vividly, lively
N2	生(い)け花(ばな)	(1) flower arrangement
N2	写生(しゃせい)	sketching, drawing from nature
N2	小学生(しょうがくせい)	grade school student
N2	生(しょう)ずる	to cause, to arise, to be generated
N2	生存(せいぞん)	existence, being, survival
N2	生長(せいちょう)	growth, increment
N2	生年月日(せいねんがっぴ)	birth date
N2	生意気(なまいき)	impertinent, saucy, cheeky, conceit, audacious, brazen
N2	生(な)る	to bear fruit
N2	生(は)える	(1) to grow, to spring up, (2) to cut (teeth)
N1	生(い)かす	to revive, to resuscitate, to make use of
N1	生(う)まれつき	by nature, by birth, native
N1	衛生(えいせい)	health, hygiene, sanitation, medical
N1	生(き)	pure, undiluted, raw, crude
N1	生真面目(きまじめ)	too serious, person who is too serious, honesty, sincerity
N1	再生(さいせい)	playback, regeneration, resuscitation, return to life, rebirth, reincarnation, narrow escape, reclamation, r
N1	出生(しゅっしょう)	birth
N1	新入生(しんにゅうせい)	freshman, first-year student
N1	生育(せいいく)	growth, development, breeding
N1	生計(せいけい)	livelihood, living
N1	生死(せいし)	life and death
N1	生理(せいり)	physiology, menses
N1	畜生(ちくしょう)	beast, brute, damn
N1	生臭(なまぐさ)い	smelling of fish or blood, fish or meat
N1	生温(なまぬる)い	lukewarm, halfhearted
N1	生身(なまみ)	living flesh, flesh and blood, the quick
N1	年生(ねんせい)	pupil in .... year, student in .... year
N1	発生(はっせい)	outbreak, spring forth, occurrence, incidence, origin
N1	生(は)やす	to grow, to cultivate, to wear beard
N1	野生(やせい)	wild