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命を取り留める (いのちをとりとめる) — to escape death | Kumi Dictionary

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命を取り留める

命を取り留める

命いのちを取とり留とめる

to escape death

Kanji Vocab Medicine & Health34 strokes

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命をとりとめる命を取りとめる

いのちをとりとめる

Verb

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to escape death, to be saved from death

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Kanji that make up this word

いのち…(2)

fate・command・decree・destiny・life…(1)

と.る・と.り・と.り-・とり・-ど.り…(2)

take・fetch・take up

と.める・と.まる・とど.める・とど.まる・るうぶる…(3)

detain・fasten・halt・stop

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