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人命

じんめい

noun

Meanings

1(human) life

Example sentence

その勝利は多数の人命を犠牲にしてかちとられた。

The victory was won at the cost of many lives.

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Kanji in this word

人Person2 strokes 命Fate, Command, Decree8 strokes

More words with 人

老人ろうじん · the agedN3 外国人がいこくじん · foreignerN5 人事じんじ · human resourcesN2 友人ゆうじん · friend (formal)N3 人口じんこう ·

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population

N4

人生じんせい · (human) life (e.g., conception to death)N3

人気ひとけ · sign of lifeN1

一人ひとり · one personN5

More words with 命

革命かくめい · revolutionN1 命いのち · lifeN3 生命せいめい · lifeN3 命令めいれい · orderN3 一生懸命いっしょうけんめい · very hard (as in "to work hard")N4 使命しめい · missionN1 亡命ぼうめい · fleeing from one's country 運命うんめい · fateN1

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