生きる

• 読み: いきる
• ローマ字: ikiru
• 漢字の分解: 生 (sei/shou/i) — life, living, birth
• 発音: /i.ki.ɾɯ/

意味

To live; to be alive. Describes the state of being alive or the act of living one's life.

A Group 2 (ichidan) verb conjugated by dropping る and adding the appropriate ending. A fundamental verb that can express both biological life and the deeper philosophical sense of how one lives. Common in inspirational contexts, literature, and everyday conversation.

例文

1. 祖母は百歳まで元気に生きました。
2. 毎日を大切に生きたいと思います。
3. この魚はまだ生きていますよ。

使い方ガイド

場面: philosophy, daily life, health

トーン: neutral

起源と歴史

From Old Japanese. The kanji 生 represents life and growth, depicting a plant sprouting from the earth. One of the most fundamental kanji in Japanese.

文化的背景

時代: Ancient

世代: All ages

社会的背景: Universal