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命いのち
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Meanings
Noun
1. life; life force (sometimes written as 生命)
2. lifetime; lifespan
3. most important thing; foundation; core
Kanji used
命continued existence
Pitch accent
いのち
Used in vocabulary
命いのちがけ
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
Noun
命いのち取とり
fatal; deadly; mortal
No-adjective
命いのち拾びろい
narrow escape from death
Noun
命いのち知しらず
recklessness; daredevilry; daredevil; reckless person
Noun
貴たっとい命いのち
precious life
Expression
Examples86
The dog saved the girl's life.
She means more than my life to me.
While there is life, there is hope.
I want to live.
I'm afraid for his life.
Stir, and you are a dead man.