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JLPT N4verbLevel estimated by Bebop

生いきる

ikiru

to live, to be alive

Example sentences

彼かれはまだ生いきている。
He is still alive.
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誰だれも生いきていない。
None of them is alive.
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彼かれは８０歳さいまで生いきた。
He lived to be eighty years old.
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Kanji in 生

生life; genuineOnセイ・ショウKunいきる・いかす・いける

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