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命を絶つ, いのちをたつ
Expression, Godan verb
1. to end one's life, to commit suicide
2. to end a life, to kill
命を拾う, いのちをひろう
Expression, Godan verb
to narrowly escape death, to have a narrow escape from death
命を削る, いのちをけずる
Expression, Godan verb
to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.), to hasten one's death
命を懸ける, 命を賭ける, 命をかける, いのちをかける
Expression, Ichidan verb
to put one's life on the line, to risk one's life, to put everything one has into it
命を捧げる, いのちをささげる
Expression, Ichidan verb
to give one's life (e.g. in battle), to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)
この記念碑は祖国に命を捧げた兵士を祭っている。
命をつなぐ, 命を繋ぐ, いのちをつなぐ
Expression, Godan verb, See 生き続ける・いきつづける・2
to survive, to continue living, to escape death
命を散らす, いのちをちらす
Expression, Godan verb, formal or literary term
to die (in action, in one's youth)
宣命を含める, せんみょうをふくめる
Expression, Ichidan verb, Archaism
to make someone understand their fate, to reason with, to persuade, to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused)
命を取り留める, 命をとりとめる, 命を取りとめる, いのちをとりとめる
Expression, Ichidan verb, See 一命を取り留める・いちめいをとりとめる
to escape death, to be saved from death
一命を取り留める, 一命をとりとめる, 一命を取りとめる, いちめいをとりとめる
Expression, Ichidan verb
to escape death, to be saved from death
彼は飛行機事故で一命を取り留めた。
人事を尽くして天命を待つ, じんじをつくしててんめいをまつ
Expression, Godan verb, Proverb
man proposes, God disposes, do your best and leave the rest to providence, man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)