Nidan verb (upper class); Yodan verb; Intransitive verb

to live; to exist

Nidan verb (lower class); Transitive verb

to bring to life

Prefix

vital; virile; lively

to live; to exist

to make a living; to subsist

to be in effect; to be in use; to function

to come to life; to be enlivened

to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs)

to produce; to yield; to give rise to; to deliver

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

life; living

livelihood; (one's) living

teacher; instructor; master

Honorific; Noun, used as a suffix

sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.

Familiar; Jocular, humorous term

intimate or teasing form of address

Archaic; Orig. meaning

one's elder

(one's) life

bearing (fruit)

Common noun; Adverb (fukushi)

whole life; a lifetime; all through life; one existence; a generation; an age; the whole world; the era

(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life

pupil; student; schoolchild