薄はく命めい

noun

short life; ill-fated life; misfortune

Refers to a life cut short by fate or misfortune; often used in literary or reflective contexts. The word itself is a noun, but it is frequently used in the set phrase 薄命の〜 (e.g., 薄命の美女, a beautiful woman who died young).

• 彼かの女じょは薄はく命めいの美び女じょとして語かたり継つがれている。

  She is remembered as a beautiful woman who died young.

• 薄はく命めいを嘆なげくよりも、今いまを精せい一いっ杯ぱい生いきたい。

  Rather than lamenting a short life, I want to live the present to the fullest.