"命乞い" meaning in Japanese

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Noun

IPA: [ino̞t͡ɕiɡo̞i] Forms: 命乞い [canonical] (ruby: (いのち), ()), inochigoi [romanization], inotigofi [romanization], いのちごひ [hiragana, historical]
Etymology: Compound of 命(いのち) (inochi, “life”) + 乞(こ)い (koi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (kou, “to beg”)). The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|乞う|こ.う|to beg|pos=}} 乞(こ)う (kou, “to beg”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|乞う|こ.う|to beg|nodot=y}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (kou, “to beg”), {{ja-compound|命|いのち|乞い|こい|pos2=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (<span class="mention-tr tr">kou</span>, “to beg”)|t1=life}} 命(いのち) (inochi, “life”) + 乞(こ)い (koi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (kou, “to beg”)), {{sortkey|ja|命乞い}} いのちこい', {{ja-rendaku2|koi|goi}} The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Head templates: {{ja-noun|いのちごい|hhira=いのちごひ}} 命(いのち)乞(ご)い • (inochigoi) ^(←いのちごひ (inotigofi)?)
  1. the act of begging for mercy
    Sense id: en-命乞い-ja-noun-N16ZsTKf Categories (other): Japanese terms with rendaku Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 11 47 42

Verb

IPA: [ino̞t͡ɕiɡo̞i]
Etymology: Compound of 命(いのち) (inochi, “life”) + 乞(こ)い (koi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (kou, “to beg”)). The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Etymology templates: {{ja-r|連%用%形|れん%よう%けい|stem or continuative form|rom=ren'yōkei}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”), {{ja-r|乞う|こ.う|to beg|pos=}} 乞(こ)う (kou, “to beg”), {{ja-etym-renyokei|乞う|こ.う|to beg|nodot=y}} 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (kou, “to beg”), {{ja-compound|命|いのち|乞い|こい|pos2=連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (<span class="mention-tr tr">ren'yōkei</span>, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (<span class="mention-tr tr">kou</span>, “to beg”)|t1=life}} 命(いのち) (inochi, “life”) + 乞(こ)い (koi, 連(れん)用(よう)形(けい) (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of the verb 乞(こ)う (kou, “to beg”)), {{sortkey|ja|命乞い}} いのちこい', {{ja-rendaku2|koi|goi}} The koi changes to goi as an instance of rendaku (連濁). Forms: 命乞いする [canonical] (ruby: (いのち), ()), inochigoi suru [romanization], inotigofi [romanization], 命乞いし [stem] (ruby: (いのち), ()), 命乞いした [past] (ruby: (いのち), ()), no-table-tags [table-tags], 命乞いし [error-unrecognized-form], いのちごいし [error-unrecognized-form], inochigoi shi [error-unrecognized-form], 命乞いする [error-unrecognized-form], いのちごいする [error-unrecognized-form], inochigoi suru [error-unrecognized-form], 命乞いすれ [error-unrecognized-form], いのちごいすれ [error-unrecognized-form], inochigoi sure [error-unrecognized-form], 命乞いせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], 命乞いしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], いのちごいせよ [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], いのちごいしろ [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], inochigoi seyo [error-unrecognized-form, imperative, literary], inochigoi shiro [colloquial, error-unrecognized-form, imperative], 命乞いされる [passive], いのちごいされる [passive], inochigoi sareru [passive], 命乞いさせる [causative], 命乞いさす [causative], いのちごいさせる [causative], いのちごいさす [causative], inochigoi saseru [causative], inochigoi sasu [causative], 命乞いできる [potential], いのちごいできる [potential], inochigoi dekiru [potential], 命乞いしよう [volitional], いのちごいしよう [volitional], inochigoi shiyō [volitional], 命乞いしない [negative], いのちごいしない [negative], inochigoi shinai [negative], 命乞いせず [continuative, negative], いのちごいせず [continuative, negative], inochigoi sezu [continuative, negative], 命乞いします [formal], いのちごいします [formal], inochigoi shimasu [formal], 命乞いした [perfective], いのちごいした [perfective], inochigoi shita [perfective], 命乞いして [conjunctive], いのちごいして [conjunctive], inochigoi shite [conjunctive], 命乞いすれば [conditional, hypothetical], いのちごいすれば [conditional, hypothetical], inochigoi sureba [conditional, hypothetical]
  1. to beg for mercy; to beg to have one's own life spared
    Sense id: en-命乞い-ja-verb-HgqqcYZN Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 46 48 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 5 56 39 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 5 55 40 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 49 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 11 47 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 44 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 45 50
  2. (archaic) to pray to deities for longevity Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-命乞い-ja-verb-P76T0yCo Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with 2 kanji, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys, Japanese terms with rendaku, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 6 46 48 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with 2 kanji: 24 33 43 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 6 49 45 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with rendaku: 11 47 42 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 7 44 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 45 50
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          "roman": "Watashi wa haha ni kuroneko no inochigoi o shite miyō ka to omotta. Watashi wa kare wa sore ni ataisuru yatsu da to omotta.",
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              "母",
              "はは"
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              "ねこ"
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    {
      "form": "命乞いする",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
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      "form": "inochigoi suru",
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      "form": "命乞いすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      "form": "inochigoi sure",
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      "form": "命乞いせよ",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "literary"
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      "form": "命乞いしろ",
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      "form": "命乞いされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
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      "form": "inochigoi sareru",
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      "tags": [
        "passive"
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    {
      "form": "命乞いさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "命乞いさす",
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        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいさせる",
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "inochigoi saseru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "inochigoi sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "causative"
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    {
      "form": "命乞いできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "inochigoi dekiru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "potential"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいしよう",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shiyō",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "volitional"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいせず",
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi sezu",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いした",
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいした",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    {
      "form": "inochigoi shita",
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    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いして",
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    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいすれば",
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      "tags": [
        "conditional",
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    {
      "form": "inochigoi sureba",
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    }
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        {
          "_dis": "6 45 50",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "to beg for enemies' mercy",
          "roman": "teki ni inochigoi suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "敵",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "いのち"
            ],
            [
              "乞",
              "ご"
            ]
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      ],
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        "to beg for mercy; to beg to have one's own life spared"
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        [
          "beg",
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        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
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        [
          "life",
          "life"
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        [
          "spare",
          "spare"
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      ]
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          "_dis": "24 33 43",
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          "_dis": "11 47 42",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        "to pray to deities for longevity"
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          "deities",
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        [
          "longevity",
          "longevity"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to pray to deities for longevity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
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    {
      "other": "いのちごい"
    },
    {
      "other": "いのちごい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ino̞t͡ɕiɡo̞i]"
    }
  ],
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}
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    "Japanese lemmas",
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    "Japanese links with redundant wikilinks",
    "Japanese nouns",
    "Japanese suru verbs",
    "Japanese terms spelled with secondary school kanji",
    "Japanese terms spelled with third grade kanji",
    "Japanese terms with 2 kanji",
    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Japanese terms with rendaku",
    "Japanese verbs",
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      "form": "inochigoi",
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      "form": "inotigofi",
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      "form": "いのちごひ",
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          "english": "I thought I would beg my mother for the black cat's life. I thought he was worth it.",
          "ref": "1954, Kensaku Shimaki, “黑猫 [Black Cat]”, in 赤蛙 : 他八篇, Tōkyō: Kadokawa Shoten, page 181:",
          "roman": "Watashi wa haha ni kuroneko no inochigoi o shite miyō ka to omotta. Watashi wa kare wa sore ni ataisuru yatsu da to omotta.",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
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            [
              "母",
              "はは"
            ],
            [
              "黑",
              "くろ"
            ],
            [
              "猫",
              "ねこ"
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            [
              "命",
              "いのち"
            ],
            [
              "乞",
              "ご"
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            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ],
            [
              "私",
              "わたし"
            ],
            [
              "彼",
              "かれ"
            ],
            [
              "値",
              "あたひ"
            ],
            [
              "奴",
              "やつ"
            ],
            [
              "思",
              "おも"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "私は母に黑猫の命乞ひをしてみようかと思つた。私は彼はそれに値する奴だと思つた。",
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        }
      ],
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      "other": "いのちごい"
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    {
      "other": "いのちごい"
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    {
      "ipa": "[ino̞t͡ɕiɡo̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "命乞い"
}

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    "Japanese suru verbs",
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      "form": "inochigoi suru",
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      "form": "inotigofi",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "命乞いし",
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      "ruby": [
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          "いのち"
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    {
      "form": "命乞いした",
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      "ruby": [
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          "命",
          "いのち"
        ],
        [
          "乞",
          "ご"
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "past"
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    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ja-suru",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "命乞いし",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいし",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shi",
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      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいする",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi suru",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "命乞いすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいすれ",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
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      "form": "inochigoi sure",
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      "form": "命乞いせよ",
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        "literary"
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    {
      "form": "命乞いしろ",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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      "form": "inochigoi seyo",
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        "imperative",
        "literary"
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      "form": "inochigoi shiro",
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        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "imperative"
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    {
      "form": "命乞いされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいされる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi sareru",
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      "tags": [
        "passive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "命乞いさす",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいさせる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいさす",
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    {
      "form": "inochigoi saseru",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi sasu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "命乞いできる",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいできる",
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      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "inochigoi dekiru",
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      "tags": [
        "potential"
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    {
      "form": "命乞いしよう",
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    {
      "form": "いのちごいしよう",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "form": "inochigoi shiyō",
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いしない",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいしない",
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      "tags": [
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shinai",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いせず",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいせず",
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      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi sezu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "continuative",
        "negative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいします",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shimasu",
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      "tags": [
        "formal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいした",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shita",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいして",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi shite",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "命乞いすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
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    },
    {
      "form": "いのちごいすれば",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "hypothetical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "inochigoi sureba",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "hypothetical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Japanese",
  "lang_code": "ja",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "to beg for enemies' mercy",
          "roman": "teki ni inochigoi suru",
          "ruby": [
            [
              "敵",
              "てき"
            ],
            [
              "命",
              "いのち"
            ],
            [
              "乞",
              "ご"
            ]
          ],
          "text": "敵に命乞いする",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to beg for mercy; to beg to have one's own life spared"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "beg",
          "beg"
        ],
        [
          "mercy",
          "mercy"
        ],
        [
          "life",
          "life"
        ],
        [
          "spare",
          "spare"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Japanese terms with archaic senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pray to deities for longevity"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pray",
          "pray"
        ],
        [
          "deities",
          "deity"
        ],
        [
          "longevity",
          "longevity"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(archaic) to pray to deities for longevity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "いのちごい"
    },
    {
      "other": "いのちごい"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ino̞t͡ɕiɡo̞i]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "命乞い"
}

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