生きる

いきる

ikiru

きる

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to live; to exist — 生きる
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きる

ikiru

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JLPT N4
Kanji difficulty according to the Japanese Language Proficiency Test. N5 is easiest and N1 is hardest
JLPT N4
Ichidan verb
Ichidan verb
Ichidan verb
Intransitive verb
Intransitive verb
Intransitive verb
  1. to live; to exist

    EXAMPLE
    (ひと)はみんな()きる権利(けんり)がある。
    Everyone has a right to live.
  2. to make a living; to subsist

  3. to be in effect; to be in use; to function

  4. to come to life; to be enlivened

  5. to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

What does 生きる mean in English?

  1. to live; to exist(v1, vi)
  2. to make a living; to subsist(v1, vi)
  3. to be in effect; to be in use; to function(v1, vi)
  4. to come to life; to be enlivened(v1, vi)
  5. to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)(v1, vi)

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生きる (ikiru)