一いち命めい

noun

one life; a life

Refers to a single human life, often in contexts of life and death, survival, or sparing a life.

• 彼かれは一いち命めいを取とり留とめた。

  He barely escaped with his life.

• 一いち命めいを救すくうために全ぜん力りょくを尽つくした。

  We did everything we could to save a life.

noun

one order; one command

Used in military or organizational contexts for a single command or directive.

• 将しょう軍ぐんの一いち命めいで兵へい士したちは進しん軍ぐんを開かい始しした。

  At the general's single command, the soldiers began their advance.