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生きる

JLPT N4 · Vocabulary

生きる — “to live, to exist”

生きる (read いきる) means to live, to exist. It appears on the JLPT N4 vocabulary list and is a verb.

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いきる

Meaning

to live, to exist

生きる in a sentence

祖母そぼは百ひゃく歳さいまで生きいきました。

My grandmother lived to be a hundred years old.

The kanji in 生きる

生birth; life; raw

Words that share a kanji with 生きる

生まれるうまれる— to be born
学生がくせい— student
生徒せいと— student; pupil
先生せんせい— teacher, professor; master; doctor
誕生日たんじょうび— birthday
留学生りゅうがくせい— international student
生活するせいかつする— to live, to make a living
一生懸命いっしょうけんめい— with all one's might, as hard as one can

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