► 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:
- 彼は一命を取り止めた ⇨ He held on to his life, narrowly survived
- 彼は上部の命令を無視した ⇨ He ignored an order from the higher-ups
- 組長が子分達に命令した ⇨ The gang boss gave an order to his men
- 80歳になってまで命を惜しがるのはどうかと思う ⇨ I’m not sure if it is really a right thing to cling to life at age 80
- 国のために命を犠牲にした兵士達 ⇨ The soldiers who sacrificed their lives for their countries
- 彼は自分の運命を呪った ⇨ He cursed at his own destiny
- 一生懸命勉強したので日本語の力が付いて来た ⇨ I’ve studied hard and my Japanese has really improved
- 人の命が掛かっている ⇨ Human lives are at stake
- それは運命的な出会いだった ⇨ That was a chance encounter of destiny
- 彼は社会的使命と個人の幸せの間で苦悩している ⇨ He is struggling between the social mission and his personal happiness
- この車はもう寿命だ ⇨ This car is at the end of its lifespan
- 彼は運命に全てを任せた ⇨ He let the destiny to decide everything
- 二人の運命の対照 ⇨ The contrast of the fates of the two
- 彼は警察官としての使命感に燃えている ⇨ He is taking his job as a police officer extremely seriously
- 軍人は国を守るのが使命だ ⇨ The job of military officer is to defend their country