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    3. 生き

    生き

    生いき​

    living

    KMT6News #13+1Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab9 strokes

    活き

    いきイキ

    Noun

    1.
    living, being alive
    2.
    freshness, liveliness, vitality
    3.
    situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps
    go
    4.
    stet (proofreading), leave as-is
    word usually written using kana alone

    Prefix

    5.
    damned

    Stroke 0 / 9

    Speed1.0x

    生いきていることの喜よろこびを感かんじます。

    I feel the joy of being alive.

    KMT4Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれは生いき生いきとした目めで未み来らいを見みつめていた。

    He was looking at the future with lively eyes.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    自し然ぜんの中なかで、生いきる力ちからを感かんじることができました。

    I was able to feel the power of living in nature.

    KMT6Nature & EnvironmentEmotions & Psychology
    どんな困こん難なんな状じょう況きょうでも、生いきる希き望ぼうを失うしなってはいけない。

    No matter how difficult the situation, one must not lose the hope to live.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    彼かれの言こと葉ばには、生いきる喜よろこびと情じょう熱ねつが満みち溢あふれていました。

    His words were overflowing with the joy and passion of living.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life

    Characters that make up this word

    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
    Kanji
    き
    ki
    Kana
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