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寿命 (じゅみょう): life span — Japanese vocabulary

寿命 is read じゅみょう and means "life span". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

寿命

Reading
じゅみょう · jumyou
Translation
life span
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
じゅみょうが

Example

彼の政治寿命はもうない。

かれのせいじじゅみょうはもうない。

His days as a politician are numbered.

Kanji in this word

  • 寿 — Longevity, Congratulations, One's Natural Life
  • 命 — life, fate

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