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    3. 余命

    余命

    余よ命めい

    remainder of one's life

    KMT8News #23+1NounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab15 strokes

    よめい

    Noun

    1.
    remainder of one's life, one's remaining days, time left (to live)

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    医い者しゃは彼かれに余よ命めいが短みじかいことを告つげた。

    The doctor told him that he had little time left to live.

    KMT7Medicine & Health
    彼かの女じょは余よ命めい宣せん告こくを受うけ、残のこりの人じん生せいをどう生いきるか考かんがえた。

    She received a prognosis of her remaining life and thought about how to live the rest of it.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    医い療りょうの進しん歩ぽにより、以い前ぜんは余よ命めいが短みじかかった病びょう気きでも治ち療りょうの選せん択たく肢しが増ふえた。

    Thanks to advances in medicine, there are now more treatment options even for diseases that previously had a short life expectancy.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    彼かれは余よ命めいわずかという状じょう況きょうにもかかわらず、最さい後ごまで希き望ぼうを捨すてなかった。

    Despite being in a situation with only a short time left to live, he never gave up hope until the very end.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    終しゅう末まつ期き医い療りょうでは、患かん者じゃの余よ命めいとQOL(生せい活かつの質しつ)を考こう慮りょしたケアが重じゅう要よう視しされる。

    In end-of-life care, care that considers the patient's remaining life and QOL (quality of life) is emphasized.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    余
    あま.る・あま.り・あま.す・あんま.り…(2)
    too much・myself・surplus・other・remainder
    命
    いのち…(2)
    fate・command・decree・destiny・life…(1)
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