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Japanese

Alternative spellings
生き長らえる
生き永らえる
生き存える
生きながらえる

Etymology

From () (iki, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()きる (ikiru).) + (なが)らえる (nagaraeru).

Pronunciation

Verb

いきながらえる (ikinagaraeruいきながらへる (ikinagaraferu)?ichidan (stem いきながらえ (ikinagarae), past いきながらえた (ikinagaraeta))

  1. to live long
  2. to cheat death

Conjugation

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN