"生きる" meaning in Japanese

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Verb

IPA: [ikʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]
Etymology: From the classical upper bigrade verb (カ行上二段活用) 生く. Etymology templates: {{lang|ja|カ行上二段活用}} カ行上二段活用, {{m|ja|生く}} 生く Head templates: {{ja-verb|いきる|tr=intrans|type=2}} 生(い)きる • (ikiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 生(い)き (iki), past 生(い)きた (ikita)) Forms: 生きる [canonical] (ruby: ()), ikiru [romanization], 生き [stem] (ruby: ()), 生きた [past] (ruby: ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 生き [error-unrecognized-form], いき [error-unrecognized-form], iki [error-unrecognized-form], 生きる [error-unrecognized-form], いきる [error-unrecognized-form], ikiru [error-unrecognized-form], 生きれ [error-unrecognized-form], いきれ [error-unrecognized-form], ikire [error-unrecognized-form], 生きよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 生きろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], いきよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], いきろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], ikiyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], ikiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 生きられる [passive], いきられる [passive], ikirareru [passive], 生きさせる [causative], 生きさす [causative], いきさせる [causative], いきさす [causative], ikisaseru [causative], ikisasu [causative], 生きられる [potential], 生きれる [colloquial, potential], いきられる [potential], いきれる [colloquial, potential], ikirareru [potential], ikireru [colloquial, potential], 生きよう [volitional], いきよう [volitional], ikiyō [volitional], 生きない [negative], 生きぬ [negative], 生きん [negative], いきない [negative], いきぬ [negative], いきん [negative], ikinai [negative], ikinu [negative], ikin [negative], 生きず [continuative, negative], いきず [continuative, negative], ikizu [continuative, negative], 生きます [formal], いきます [formal], ikimasu [formal], 生きた [perfective], いきた [perfective], ikita [perfective], 生きて [conjunctive], いきて [conjunctive], ikite [conjunctive], 生きれば [conditional, hypothetical], いきれば [conditional, hypothetical], ikireba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to live; to exist Synonyms (to live): 生存する (seizonsuru) (ruby: (せい), (ぞん)) Related terms: 生きる道 (ikiru michi) (ruby: (), (みち)) (english: way of life), 生き甲斐 (ikigai) (ruby: (), 甲斐(がい)) (english: raison d'être), 生ける (ikeru) (ruby: ()), 生かす (ikasu) (ruby: ()), 生く (iku) (ruby: ())

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      "form": "いきられる",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "ikirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "生きさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "いきさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "ikireru",
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      "form": "生きよう",
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      "form": "いきよう",
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      "tags": [
        "volitional"
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      "form": "ikiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "生きない",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "生きぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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      "form": "生きん",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "ikinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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      ]
    },
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      "form": "ikinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ikin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "生きず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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      "form": "いきず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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      "form": "ikizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きます",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "formal"
      ]
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      "form": "いきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
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      "form": "ikimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "ikite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
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      "form": "生きれば",
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      "form": "いきれば",
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      "form": "ikireba",
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        {
          "english": "Kim was still alive.",
          "roman": "Kimu wa mada ikiteita.",
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          "text": "キムはまだ生きていた。"
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        {
          "english": "live for the sake of world peace",
          "roman": "sekai heiwa no tame ni ikiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "平",
              "へい"
            ],
            [
              "和",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "世界平和のために生きる"
        },
        {
          "english": "to live with an incurable disease",
          "roman": "nanbyō to tomo ni ikiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "難",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "病",
              "びょう"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "難病とともに生きる"
        },
        {
          "english": "Not only is my grandfather living but my great-grandfather as well.",
          "roman": "Sofu bakari ka, sōsofu sae ikiteiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "祖父",
              "そふ"
            ],
            [
              "曽",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "祖父",
              "そふ"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "祖父ばかりか、曽祖父さえ生きている。"
        },
        {
          "english": "to live in the now",
          "roman": "ima o ikiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "今を生きる"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "今ここに生きている。\nIma koko ni ikiteiru.\nI am here, and I am alive."
        }
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        "to live; to exist"
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        {
          "english": "way of life",
          "roman": "ikiru michi",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "道",
              "みち"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "生きる道"
        },
        {
          "english": "raison d'être",
          "roman": "ikigai",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "甲斐",
              "がい"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "生き甲斐"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ikeru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "生ける"
        },
        {
          "roman": "ikasu",
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            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
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          "word": "生かす"
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              "い"
            ]
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          "roman": "seizonsuru",
          "ruby": [
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              "生",
              "せい"
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              "存",
              "ぞん"
            ]
          ],
          "sense": "to live",
          "word": "生存する"
        }
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      "other": "いきる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ikʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生きる"
}
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      "form": "生きられる",
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        "passive"
      ]
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      "form": "いきられる",
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      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikisaseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikisasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきられる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきれる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikirareru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikireru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきぬ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきん",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikinu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikin",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikizu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきます",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikimasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきた",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきて",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "生きれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いきれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ikireba",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "いきる",
        "tr": "intrans",
        "type": "2"
      },
      "expansion": "生(い)きる • (ikiru) intransitive ichidan (stem 生(い)き (iki), past 生(い)きた (ikita))",
      "name": "ja-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "way of life",
      "roman": "ikiru michi",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "道",
          "みち"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生きる道"
    },
    {
      "english": "raison d'être",
      "roman": "ikigai",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "甲斐",
          "がい"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生き甲斐"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikeru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生ける"
    },
    {
      "roman": "ikasu",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生かす"
    },
    {
      "roman": "iku",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
      "word": "生く"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Japanese intransitive verbs",
        "Japanese lemmas",
        "Japanese links with manual fragments",
        "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
        "Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji",
        "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Japanese terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
        "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
        "Japanese terms with usage examples",
        "Japanese terms written with one Han script character",
        "Japanese type 2 verbs",
        "Japanese verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Kim was still alive.",
          "roman": "Kimu wa mada ikiteita.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "キムはまだ生きていた。"
        },
        {
          "english": "live for the sake of world peace",
          "roman": "sekai heiwa no tame ni ikiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "世",
              "せ"
            ],
            [
              "界",
              "かい"
            ],
            [
              "平",
              "へい"
            ],
            [
              "和",
              "わ"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "世界平和のために生きる"
        },
        {
          "english": "to live with an incurable disease",
          "roman": "nanbyō to tomo ni ikiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "難",
              "なん"
            ],
            [
              "病",
              "びょう"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "難病とともに生きる"
        },
        {
          "english": "Not only is my grandfather living but my great-grandfather as well.",
          "roman": "Sofu bakari ka, sōsofu sae ikiteiru.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "祖父",
              "そふ"
            ],
            [
              "曽",
              "そう"
            ],
            [
              "祖父",
              "そふ"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "祖父ばかりか、曽祖父さえ生きている。"
        },
        {
          "english": "to live in the now",
          "roman": "ima o ikiru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "今を生きる"
        },
        {
          "ruby": [
            [
              "今",
              "いま"
            ],
            [
              "生",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "今ここに生きている。\nIma koko ni ikiteiru.\nI am here, and I am alive."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to live; to exist"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "live",
          "live"
        ],
        [
          "exist",
          "exist"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "いきる"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ikʲiɾɯ̟ᵝ]"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "seizonsuru",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "生",
          "せい"
        ],
        [
          "存",
          "ぞん"
        ]
      ],
      "sense": "to live",
      "word": "生存する"
    }
  ],
  "word": "生きる"
}
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "生きる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "生きる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Ren’yōkei (\"continuative\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "生きる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "生きる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Rentaikei (\"attributive\")'",
  "path": [
    "生きる"
  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "生きる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'Kateikei (\"hypothetical\")'",
  "path": [
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  ],
  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "生きる",
  "trace": ""
}

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  "path": [
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  "section": "Japanese",
  "subsection": "verb",
  "title": "生きる",
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}

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