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生きる

生きる

Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi

Alternative forms

Verb

生きる (intransitive, ichidan conjugation, hiragana いきる, romaji ikiru)

  1. to live; to exist
    キムはまだ ()きていた。
    Kimu wa mada ikiteita.
    Kim was still alive.
    世界平和 (せかいへいわ)のために ()きる
    Sekai heiwa no tame ni ikiru
    live for the sake of world peace
    難病 (なんびょう)とともに ()きる
    Nanbyō to tomo ni ikiru
    to live with an incurable disease
    祖父 (そふ)ばかりか曽祖父 (そうそふ)さえ ()きている。
    Sofu bakari ka, sōsofu sae ikiteiru.
    Not only is my grandfather living but my great-grandfather as well.

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Related terms

  •  ()きる (みち) (ikiru michi): way of life
  •  ()甲斐 (いがい) (ikīgai): raison d'être

References

  1. 1974, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Second Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō