生きる

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Japanese

Kanji in this term

Grade: 1
kun'yomi
Alternative spelling
活きる (rare)

Etymology

From the classical upper bigrade verb (カ行上二段活用) 生く.

Pronunciation

  • Tokyo pitch accent of conjugated forms of 「生きる
Source: Online Japanese Accent Dictionary
Stem forms
Terminal (終止形)
Attributive (連体形)
生きる
Imperative (命令形) 生きろ
Key constructions
Passive 生きられる きられ
Causative 生きさせる きさせ
Potential 生きられる きられ
Volitional 生きよう きよ
Negative 生きない ない
Negative perfective 生きなかった なかった
Formal 生きます きま
Perfective 生きた きた
Conjunctive 生きて きて
Hypothetical conditional 生きれば れば

Verb

()きる (ikiruintransitive ichidan (stem () (iki), past ()きた (ikita))

Japanese verb pair
active 生かす
mediopassive 生きる
Japanese verb pair
active 生ける
mediopassive 生きる
  1. to live; to exist
    キムはまだ()きていた。
    Kimu wa mada ikiteita.
    Kim was still alive.
    ()(かい)(へい)()のために()きる
    sekai heiwa no tame ni ikiru
    live for the sake of world peace
    (なん)(びょう)ともに()きる
    nanbyō to tomo ni ikiru
    to live with an incurable disease
    祖父(そふ)ばかりか(そう)祖父(そふ)さえ()きている。
    Sofu bakari ka, sōsofu sae ikiteiru.
    Not only is my grandfather living but my great-grandfather as well.
    (いま)()きる
    ima o ikiru
    to live in the now
    (いま)ここに()きている
    Ima koko ni ikiteiru.
    I am here, and I am alive.

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References

  1. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1974), 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Second edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō