jmdict 1645640 Active (id#2354007)
生来 [news2,nf32] 性来 [rK]
せいらい [news2,nf32] しょうらい
  1. [adv,adj-no,n]
    • by nature
    • naturally
    • by birth
    • innately
    • congenitally
  2. (生来 only) [adv]
    • since birth
    • in one's (entire) life
History:
    • A 2025-12-09 23:27:55 Robin Scott (id#2354007)
    • Diff
      @@ -35 +35 @@
      -<gloss>in one's entire life</gloss>
      +<gloss>in one's (entire) life</gloss>
    • A 2025-12-06 20:39:01 Jim Breen (id#2353725)
    • Comments
      Not common.
    • A* 2025-12-06 18:36:06 parfait8 (id#2353700)
    • Refs
      smk, meikyo, iwakoku, etc.
    • Diff
      @@ -29,0 +30,6 @@
      +</sense>
      +<sense>
      +<stagk>生来</stagk>
      +<pos>&adv;</pos>
      +<gloss>since birth</gloss>
      +<gloss>in one's entire life</gloss>
    • A 2022-05-07 21:05:05 Jim Breen
    • A* 2022-05-07 18:32:31 Stephen Kraus
    • Refs
      Google N-gram Corpus Counts
      132,597	 84.8%	生来
          969	  0.6%	性来
          872	  0.6%	せいらい
       21,942	 14.0%	しょうらい
    • Diff
      @@ -10,0 +11 @@
      +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
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