生いきる

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

live; be alive; exist

Core meaning: to be alive, to exist as a living being. Used for people, animals, and sometimes metaphorically for things that endure.

• 祖そ母ぼは100歳さいまで生いきた。

  My grandmother lived to be 100.

• この木きは何なん百びゃく年ねんも生いきている。

  This tree has been alive for hundreds of years.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

make a living; subsist; get by

Focuses on earning a livelihood or sustaining oneself financially. Often used with ～で (by means of) or ～に (on).

• 彼かれは小しょう説せつを書かいて生いきている。

  He makes a living writing novels.

• わずかな年ねん金きんで生いきていくのは大たい変へんだ。

  It's hard to get by on a small pension.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be in effect; be in use; function

Used for rules, systems, traditions, or things that remain active or valid. Often seen in the ～ている form.

• この法ほう律りつはまだ生いきている。

  This law is still in effect.

• 古ふるい慣かん習しゅうが今いまも生いきている地ち域いきがある。

  There are regions where old customs still live on.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

come to life; be enlivened; become vivid

Describes something becoming lively, vivid, or full of energy, often through a particular element or addition. Common in expressions like ～が生きる (something comes alive).

• この絵えは背はい景けいを暗くらくすると主しゅ題だいが生いきる。

  In this painting, the subject comes to life when the background is darkened.

• 彼かれの経けい験けんがチームの中なかで生いきている。

  His experience is really enlivening the team.

ichidan verb, intransitive verb

be safe; be alive (in a game)

Sports term: in baseball, a runner is safe; in go, a group has two eyes and cannot be captured. Also used in other games where a player or piece remains in play.

• ランナーは間かん一いっ髪ぱつで生いきている。

  The runner is safe by a hair's breadth.

• この石いしは二に眼がんあって生いきている。

  This group has two eyes and is alive.