日本語道場

Nihongo Dojo — N3 → N2

Kanji

N3

Meaningsfate, command, decree, destiny, life
On'yomiメイ、ミョウ
Kun'yomiいのち
Strokes8
Radical

Compounds

  • keeping alive longer, prolonging life, life extension, life-support

  • revolution, 58th year of the sexagenary cycle (in Onmyōdō)

  • lifesaving

  • eager, earnest, strenuous, fervent

  • fate, destiny, predestination

Example sentences

  • Are you saying my life is in danger?

  • It is no exaggeration to say that, as far as he was concerned, his wife was life itself to him.

  • There are many kinds of insurance such as: health insurance, fire insurance, life insurance, etc.

  • I felt as if my life had been shortened.

  • The troops refused to obey the command.

  • The troops refused to obey the command.

  • Soldiers must carry out their orders.

  • She risked her life to protect her child.