せいせい

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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

Adverb

せいせい (seiseiせいせい (seisei)?

  1. refreshed
    ()(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.
世世
many generations; from age to age
Alternative spelling
世々
生成
generation, formation
to create, to form
済世
salvation; relief; saving the world
成聖
consecration
精製
quality production
refining
to produce with quality
to refine
(This term, せいせい (seisei), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

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

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN