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    3. 一命を取り留める

    一命を取り留める

    一いち命めいを​取とり​留とめ​る​

    to escape death

    NTVerbMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab35 strokes

    一命をとりとめる一命を取りとめる

    いちめいをとりとめる

    Verb

    1.
    to escape death, to be saved from death

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    Characters that make up this word

    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    Kanji
    命
    いのち…(2)
    fate・command・decree・destiny・life…(1)
    Kanji
    取
    と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)
    take・fetch・take up
    Kanji
    留
    と.める・と.まる・とど.める・とど.まる・るうぶる…(3)
    detain・fasten・halt・stop
    Kanji
    を
    wo
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
    め
    me
    Kana
    る
    ru
    Kana
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