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生活を送る (せいかつをおくる) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

生せい活かつを送おくる

Meanings

1

expression, godan verb (-ru)

lead a life; live a life

A common expression meaning to spend one's daily life, often with an adverb describing how one lives.

彼かれは田舎いなかで静しずかな生せい活かつを送おくっている。
He leads a quiet life in the countryside.
健けん康こうに気きをつけて、規き則そく正ただしい生

せい

活かつ

を

送おく

り

ましょう

。

Let's take care of our health and lead a regular life.

Kanji

生life, genuine, birth
活lively, resuscitation, being helped
送escort, send

Similar words

暮くらす
暮らす is a more general verb for 'to live' or 'to spend one's days', while 生活を送る specifically emphasizes the manner or quality of one's daily life.

Etymology

Compound of 生活 (life, living) + を (object marker) + 送る (to send, to spend time). The expression literally means 'to send one's life', i.e., to lead or live a life.