"生き甲斐" meaning in 日語

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Noun

IPA: [ikʲiɡa̠i] Forms: 生き甲斐 [canonical] (ruby: (), (), ()), ikigai [romanization], いきがひ
Etymology: 生(い)きる (ikiru,“生活”) + 甲斐(かい) (kai,“值得,意義”)的組詞。 kai 因連濁變為 gai。
  1. 人生價值,生存意義
    Sense id: zh-生き甲斐-ja-noun-EOX~fbC1 Categories (other): 有使用例的日語詞
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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