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命

命 (fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint)

  • JLPT N3
  • 8 strokes
  • Grade 3
  • Radical 口
  • #465 most frequent

Readings

On'yomi 音読み
メイミョウ
Kun'yomi 訓読み
いのち

Example words & Vocabulary

Example sentences 3

回まわれ右みぎを命めいじる。

I order you to turn right.

彼かれの命いのちが心配しんぱいだ。

I'm afraid for his life.

私わたしは命いのちがほしい。

I want to live.

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