slice of life
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slice of life
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Calque of French tranche de vie.
noun slices of life
- A work in a genre (of theater, cinema, literature, manga, etc.) that presents day-to-day happenings with no clear central plot and takes place in a world that mirrors our own.
- An ordinary social occurrence or sequence of events. […] in the culturally constituted world, but it needs advertising to link it to certain social representations, certain slices of life.
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noun genre focused on day-to-day life
| 日本語 | 日常系 nichijō-kei, スライス・オブ・ライフ suraisu obu raifu |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 生活片段 shēng huó piàn duàn |
| हिन्दी | जीवन का अंश jīvan kā añś |
| Português | retrato da vida, slice of life |
| Français | tranche de vie |
| Русский | повседне́вка povsednévka |
| العربية | شريحة من الحياة šarīḥah min al-ḥayāh |
Talk about this word "slice of life." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/slice%20of%20life. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. slice of life. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/slice%20of%20life "slice of life." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/slice%20of%20life.Cite this
@misc{slice_of_life_2026,
title = {slice of life},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/slice%20of%20life},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
