生涯

Meaning

1. n
   life; lifetime; career
2. nadv
   for life; all one's life; throughout one's life; as long as one lives

Example sentences

• 我が生涯に一片の悔いなし。

  I regret nothing of my life.

• 兄弟とも「妻と飛行機の両方は養えない」との理由で、生涯独身を通した。

  Saying they could not support both a wife and an airplane, the two brothers therefore spent their lives as bachelors.

• 母の死は私の生涯に大きな空白を残した。

  The death of my mother left a big blank in my life.