"生き甲斐" meaning in All languages combined

See 生き甲斐 on Wiktionary

Noun [Japanese]

IPA: [ikʲiɡa̠i] Forms: 生き甲斐 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), ()), ikigai [romanization], ikigafi [romanization], いきがひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 生きる (ikiru, “to live, to exist”) + 甲斐 (kai, “worth, value”). The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{compound|ja|生きる|甲斐|sort=いきる|t1=to live, to exist|t2=worth, value|tr1=ikiru|tr2=kai}} 生きる (ikiru, “to live, to exist”) + 甲斐 (kai, “worth, value”), {{rendaku2|kai|gai|sort=いきがい}} The kai changes to gai as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|いきがい|hhira=いきがひ}} 生(い)き甲(が)斐(い) • (ikigai) ^(←いきがひ (ikigafi)?)
  1. A reason for living; one's purpose; raison d'être. Wikipedia link: Ikigai, ja:生き甲斐
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