meaning'fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint'
 onyomiメイ, ミョウ
 kunyomiいのち
termpronunciationEnglish
じんめい(human) life
命じるめいじるto order, to command, to appoint
命ずるめいずるto command, to appoint (v5z)
めいれいorder, command, decree, directive
けんめいeagerness, earnestness, risking one's life
せいめいlife
いっしょうけんめいvery hard, with utmost effort, with all one's might, for dear life
ぼうめいemigration, exile, flight from one's country, defection
使しめいmission, errand, message
めい, みょうcommand, decree, life, destiny
いのちがけlife and death, risking one's life, risky, desperate
いのちびろいnarrow escape from death
めいたんせきにせまるto be on the brink of death
いのちづなlifeline
宿しゅくめいfate, destiny, predestination
寿じゅみょうlife span
えんめいlong life, longevity; macrobiotics
きゅうめいlifesaving
きゅうめいていlifeboat
せいめいほけんlife insurance
せいめいりんりbioethics
ちめいしょうfatal wound
ちめいてきfatal, lethal
うんめいfate
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