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宿命 (しゅくめい): fate, destiny, predestination — Japanese vocabulary

宿命 is read しゅくめい and means "fate, destiny, predestination". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

宿命

Reading
しゅくめい · shukumei
Translation
fate, destiny, predestination
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
しゅくめいが

Example

洪水はかつてはこの地方には宿命であった。

こうずいはかつてはこのちほうにはしゅくめいであった。

Previously, floods were fate for the region.

Kanji in this word

  • 宿 — lodge, inn
  • 命 — life, fate

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