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生命 (せいめい, seimei) Japanese meaning: life | Kotomora
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I am researching the origin of life.
I'm unsure whether to take out life insurance.
Usage patterns 〈 人ひと 〉 の 生せい 命めい を 救すく う to save someone's life
The doctors saved the patient's life.
〈 人ひと 〉 生せい 命めい を 終お える to end one's career (as an athlete, actor, etc.)
He ended his career as an athlete due to an injury.
生せい 命めい 力りょく にあふれる to be full of vitality; to overflow with life force
The young tree is bursting with vitality.
生せい 命めい の 危き 険けん がある there is a danger to one's life
This disease poses a danger to life.
生せい 命めい を 落お とす to lose one's life; to die
He lost his life in the accident.
Related words 命 is the common, everyday word for life or one's lifespan, while 生命 is more formal, abstract, or scientific.
人生 refers to a human life as a lived experience or story, whereas 生命 covers life in a broader biological or vital sense.
寿命 focuses on the length or span of a life (how long it lasts), while 生命 refers to the state or fact of being alive.
生命 is the broader term for life in general (including biological life), while 人命 specifically refers to human life, often in safety or rescue contexts.
Etymology A Sino-Japanese compound of 生 (life, living) and 命 (fate, command, life). The combination has been used since classical Chinese to denote the concept of life or vital force.
せい
命めい
刑けい
death penalty; capital punishment
Show 5 more feeling of vitality; sense of being alive
right to life
lifeline; indispensable thing · life line (palm reading)
artificial life
acting career; career as an actor/actress
