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人命 (じんめい): (human) life — Japanese vocabulary

人命 is read じんめい and means "(human) life". JLPT N2 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

人命

Reading
じんめい · jimmei
Translation
(human) life
Level
JLPT N2
Pitch accent
じんめいが

Example

その勝利は多数の人命を犠牲にしてかちとられた。

そのしょうりはたすうのじんめいをぎせいにしてかちとられた。

The victory was won at the cost of many lives.

Kanji in this word

  • 人 — person
  • 命 — life, fate

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