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宿命しゅくめい (shukumei)

fate, destiny, predestination

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Meaning

宿命 (しゅくめい, shukumei) is a JLPT N1 vocabulary word meaning “fate, destiny, predestination”.

Kanji in this word

Example sentences 9

二人ふたりが出会であったのは宿命しゅくめいだったのです

It was fate that the two people met.

きたるべき[宿命の]時がきた.

The appointed time has come.

仲間外なかまはずれになるのが私わたしの宿命しゅくめいみたいだ。

It seems to be my lot to be an odd man out.

彼女は宿命論的な人生観を持っている。

She has a fatalistic attitude toward life.

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