► 名詞
命 [(1)いのち] [liter] meaning: important rank: 1
☆ 声は歌手の命だ ⇨ Voice is the life, single most important thing, for a singer
命 [(1)いのち] meaning: life rank: 1
☆ 彼はあと一ヶ月の命だ ⇨ He has one month left to live
☆ 戦争で多くの命が失われた ⇨ Many lives are lost in the war
命 [(1)いのち] [命を落とす] meaning: life rank: 1
☆ 彼は他を助けようとして命を落とした ⇨ He lost his life while trying to save others
More examples:
- ここが運命の分かれ目だ ⇨ This is crossroads of fate
- 一生懸命練習したら上達した ⇨ I’ve practiced really hard and my skills have improved
- 産業革命 ⇨ The industrial revolution
- 彼等はフランス革命に啓発された ⇨ They were enlightened, inspired, by French revolution
- 私は上からの命令に従っているだけだ ⇨ I’m just following an order from the above
- 将軍は突撃を命令した ⇨ The general ordered a full charge
- 裁判官は彼に壊した設備を弁償するよう命じた ⇨ The judged ordered him to compensate for the equipment he had vandalized
- 生命維持装置 ⇨ A life support machine
- あの馬が天皇杯の本命だ ⇨ That horse is the odds-on favorite to win the Emperor Cup race
- 余りの恐怖で寿命が縮まった ⇨ My lifespan got shorter because of the big scare. It took years off my life
- 命知らずのスタントマン ⇨ A daredevil stuntman
- 彼の人生は数奇な運命を辿った ⇨ His life followed a strange, unimaginable, destiny
- タバコを吸うのはわざと命を縮めるようなものだ ⇨ Smoking is like shortening your life on purpose
- 裁判で彼等は損害を賠償することを命じられた ⇨ They have been ordered to compensate for the damages in the lawsuit
- 医者が救命しようとしたが駄目だった ⇨ Doctors tried to save him but he didn’t make it