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    3. 命拾い

    命拾い

    命いのち拾びろい​

    narrow escape from death

    KMT10News #44+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab19 strokes

    いのちびろい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    narrow escape from death

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    彼かれは事じ故こで命いのち拾びろいした。

    He had a narrow escape from death in the accident.

    KMT5Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    災さい害がいから命いのち拾びろいした人ひと々びとは、その経けい験けんを語かたった。

    People who narrowly escaped death from the disaster spoke of their experiences.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyNature & Environment
    医い師しの迅じん速そくな処しょ置ちのおかげで、患かん者じゃはまさに命いのち拾びろいをしたと言いえるだろう。

    Thanks to the doctor's quick treatment, it can be said that the patient truly had a narrow escape from death.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyMedicine & Health
    絶ぜっ体たい絶ぜつ命めいの状じょう況きょうから命いのち拾びろいした時とき、彼かれは人じん生せい観かんが変かわったと語かたった。

    When he narrowly escaped death from a desperate situation, he said his view on life changed.

    KMT10Emotions & Psychologyphilosophy
    登と山ざん中ちゅうに滑らく落つかしかけたが、間かん一いっ髪ぱつで命いのち拾びろいした。

    I almost fell while climbing, but I had a narrow escape from death at the last moment.

    KMT10Daily LifeSports & Martial ArtsEmotions & Psychology

    Characters that make up this word

    命
    いのち…(2)
    fate・command・decree・destiny・life…(1)
    Kanji
    拾
    ひろ.う…(2)
    pick up・gather・find・go on foot・ten
    Kanji
    い
    i
    Kana
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