# Difference between 一生 & 一代 **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Language\ **Created:** [August 14, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/difference-between-%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F-%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3/38379 "2019-08-14T19:40:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alberbecois](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/alberbecois/32/258145_2.png) [@alberbecois](https://community.wanikani.com/u/alberbecois)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/difference-between-%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F-%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3/38379/1 "2019-08-14T19:40:58Z")
Is there a subtle nuance I’m missing here? Haaaaalp! ---
**Author:** ![YukiPhoenix](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/yukiphoenix/32/458505_2.png) [@YukiPhoenix](https://community.wanikani.com/u/YukiPhoenix)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/difference-between-%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F-%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3/38379/2 "2019-08-14T19:44:46Z")
Here’s a couple of old threads that might help? [https://community.wanikani.com/t/一代-versus-一生](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3-versus-%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F) [https://community.wanikani.com/t/一生-vs-一代](https://community.wanikani.com/t/%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F-vs-%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/original/4X/6/2/a/62a8b0f4c59ff2c5b6651ffcf43531480b3e5297.png) [@system](https://community.wanikani.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/difference-between-%E4%B8%80%E7%94%9F-%E4%B8%80%E4%BB%A3/38379/3 "2020-08-13T19:51:36Z")
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