後生

こうせい

Meanings

1. Noun, の-adjective younger people; future generations

Kanji

• 後 after. Read as コウ.
• 生 life. Read as セイ.

Example sentences

• 彼女はそれを後生大事にとっておいた。
  She held on to it for dear life.

Words containing 後生

• 後生可畏 (こうせいかい) the young should be regarded with respect
• 後生動物 (こうせいどうぶつ) metazoan (any member of the animal kingdom, excluding protozoans and sponges)
• 真正後生動物 (しんせいこうせいどうぶつ) eumetazoa

And 1 more.

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