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JLPT N1nounLevel estimated by Bebop

宿しゅく命めい

shukumei

fate, destiny

Example sentences

  1. 仲間外なかまはずれになるのが私わたしの宿命しゅくめいみたいだ。

    It seems to be my lot to be an odd man out.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  2. しかし、天才てんさいであるが故ゆえに一般いっぱんピーポーから理解りかいされ難がたいというのは宿命しゅくめいとも言いえるわ。

    However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one’s genius is fate.

    Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · Source

  3. 主要人物しゅようじんぶつの名なには、物語世界ものがたりせかいにおいてあらかじめ定さだめられた宿命しゅくめいに関かかわるものがあり、その名なの意味いみが解とき明あかされることで因果いんがが成就じょうじゅしたことを証明しょうめいする。

    Some of the main characters' names relate to destinies predetermined within the story, and uncovering the meanings of those names shows that the chain of cause and effect has come to fruition.

    KFTT corpus (NICT), Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source

Kanji in 宿命

  • 宿inn; lodgingOnシュクKunやど・やどる・やどす
  • 命fate; commandOnメイ・ミョウKunいのち

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