Meaning of life in Japanese

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Definition of life

ライフ(raifu)
  1. (n) life
  1. (n) (a) life; (a) command

    彼女は飛行機墜落事故で息子が一命をとりとめたことを聞いてうれし泣きした。
    She cried for joy when she heard that her son had survived the plane crash.

  1. (n) work; life
げんせい(gensei) · げんせ(gense) · げんぜ(genze) · うつしよ(utsushiyo) 現世 ·現し世

現世 Kanji Details

  1. (n, adj-no) (Buddh) present world; present age; transient world; life
  2. recent epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch) →Related words: 完新世
  1. (n) long life; age; life
  1. (n) this world; life
  1. (n) (human) life (i.e. conception to death)

    できるあいだに人生を楽しみなさい。
    Enjoy your life while you may.

  1. (n) Life (the board game)
  1. (n) (human) life

    その勝利は多数の人命を犠牲にしてかちとられた。
    The victory was won at the cost of many lives.

  1. (adv, n) force; vigor; vigour; energy; spirit; life

    あらしの勢いが弱まった。
    The storm abated.

  2. influence; authority; power; might
  3. impetus; momentum; course (of events)

    勢いに流されているんですよ。
    You are carried along with the slide.

  4. (n-adv) naturally; necessarily
  1. (n, vs) living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
  1. (n) life; existence

    生命はいつ誕生したのですか。
    When did life come into being?

  1. (n) legend; tradition
  2. biography; life
  3. method; way
  4. horseback transportation and communication relay system used in ancient Japan
  1. (n, n-suf) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances

    もっと良い暮らしができますように。
    May God show us a better life!

いのち(inochi)

命 Kanji Details

  1. (n) life; life force →Related words: 生命

    その犬は少女の命を救った。
    The dog saved the girl's life.

  2. lifetime; lifespan
  3. most important thing; foundation; core
  4. paired tattoos of the "life" kanji on the upper arms of a man and woman (indicating unwavering love)
  5. fate; destiny; karma
  1. (n) life
  1. (n) life; thread of life
  1. (n) command; decree
  2. life
  3. destiny
  1. (n, n-suf) hold; charge; keep possession; in charge
  2. wear; durability; life; draw
  3. (suf) usage
  1. (n) life; vitality; verve; vigor; vigour; animation; spirit

    春の雨が花に生気をよみがえらせた。
    A spring rain revived the flower.

  1. (n) brilliance; luster; lustre; colorfulness; colourfulness

    これが彼の話し方に生彩をそえている。
    This adds color to his speech.

  2. vividness; life
  1. (n) life
  1. (n) life
かつ(katsu)

活 Kanji Details

  1. (n) living; life
  2. judo art of resuscitation →Related words: 活を入れる
せい(sei) · しょう(shou)

生 Kanji Details

  1. (n) life; living
  2. (n, n-suf) I; me; myself
  1. (n) (Buddh) present world; present age; transient world; life →Related words: 現世
ヴィー(vii)
  1. (n) life

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