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生きる (いきる): to live — Japanese vocabulary

生きる is read いきる and means "to live". JLPT N4 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

生きる

Reading
いきる · ikiru
Translation
to live
Level
JLPT N4
Pitch accent
いきるが

Example

祖父は九十歳まで生きました。

そふはきゅうじゅうさいまでいきました。

My grandfather lived to ninety.

Kanji in this word

  • 生 — life, birth

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