せいせい

せいせい

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)?}

1. refreshed

   離婚(りこん)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.

【成聖】 [noun] consecration 【生成】 [noun] generation, formation [verb] to create, to form 【精製】 [noun] quality production [noun] refining [verb] to produce with quality [verb] to refine

(This term, せいせい, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms.)

References

1. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN