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せいし

Pronunciation: [se̞ːɕi]

“せいし” is a Japanese word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. 正視: looking at something directly, looking someone straight in the eye
  2. 制止: restraint, control; shushing, silencing
  3. 制詞: a word of admonishment or warning; in poetry, a word that is forbidden due to scansion, rarity, or unfamiliarity
  4. 製糸: silk spinning, the manufacture of silk thread
  5. 製紙: papermaking, the manufacture of paper
  6. 静止: repose, a standstill, a stationary or motionless state
  7. 整枝: the act of pruning a plant into a specific shape
  8. 世子, 世嗣: an heir, a successor
  9. 正史: correct or authentic history
  10. 正矢: in traditional Japanese trigonometry, the difference between one and the cosine of a given angle
  11. 正使: a central or main messenger
  12. 生死: life or death; (by extension) fate, destiny
  13. 生祠: a shrine for the worship of someone still living
  14. 生紙: unprocessed or raw paper

verb

  1. 正視: to look at something directly, to look someone straight in the eye
  2. 制止: to restrain or control someone; to shush or silence someone
  3. 製糸: to spin silk, to manufacture silk thread
  4. 製紙: to make paper
  5. 静止: to be stationary in one location; to be motionless
  6. 整枝: to prune a plant into a specific shape
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