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命名めいめい銘名Noun～の Adj.IntransitiveTransitive～する VerbFreq #17336
1

naming; christening

Examples
赤ちゃん、もう命名した？
Have you named your new born baby?
亡命ぼうめいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #19163
1

fleeing from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

Examples
彼は他の大勢の人達と共に亡命した。
Along with thousands of others, he fled the country.
命拾いいのちびろいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #20374
1

narrow escape from death

Examples
避難民はやっと命拾いをした。
The refugees barely escaped death.
余命よめいNounFreq #20855
1

remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)

Examples
彼は余命いくばくもない。
His days are drawing to their close.
命日めいにちNounFreq #21863
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anniversary of a person's death; monthly return of the date of someone's death

Examples
その石には彼の命日が刻まれていた。
The stone was inscribed with the date of his death.
人命じんめいNounFreq #22172
1

(human) life

Examples
その勝利は多数の人命を犠牲にしてかちとられた。
The victory was won at the cost of many lives.
天命てんめいNounFreq #22426
1

God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny

Examples
人事を尽くして天命を待つ。
Man proposes, God disposes.
2

one's life; one's lifespan

命題めいだいNoun～の Adj.Freq #22532
1

proposition; thesis; notion; theory

2

problem; issue; challenge

厳命げんめいNounTransitive～する VerbFreq #22662
1

strict order; peremptory command

命綱いのちづなNounFreq #23306
1

lifeline; safety rope; safety tether

運命的うんめいてき～な Adj.Freq #23608
1

destined; predestined; fated; fateful

存命ぞんめいNounIntransitive～する VerbFreq #24857
1

being alive

命を落とすいのちをおとすExpressionGodan verbFreq #6780
1

to lose one's life

Examples
１００万人の人々がその戦争で命を落とした。
One million people lost their lives in the war.
命を奪ういのちをうばうExpressionGodan verbFreq #8865
1

to take someone's life; to kill someone

命の恩人いのちのおんじんNounExpressionFreq #12905
1

lifesaver; person who saved one's life

命を懸ける命を賭ける命をかけるいのちをかけるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #13328
1

to put one's life on the line; to risk one's life; to put everything one has into it

Examples
彼は彼女を救うために命をかけた。
He risked his life to save her.
肝に銘じるきもにめいじる肝に命じるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #16467
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Idiomatic expression

to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; to engrave on one's liver

Examples
彼の忠告を肝に銘じて忘れるな。
Bear his advice in mind.
絶体絶命ぜったいぜつめい絶対絶命Noun～な Adj.～の Adj.四字熟語Freq #16604
1

desperate situation with no escape; being driven into a corner; being cornered; last extremity

Examples
我々は絶体絶命のピンチに追い込まれた。
We were driven to the wall.
命を絶ついのちをたつExpressionGodan verbFreq #17774
1

to end one's life; to commit suicide

2

to end a life; to kill

命令を下すめいれいをくだすExpressionGodan verbFreq #17837
1

to give an order

命に関わる命にかかわるいのちにかかわる命に係わるExpressionGodan verbFreq #18168
1

Often before nouns

to be a matter of life or death; to be life-threatening

Examples
それは命にかかわる問題だ。
It is a matter of life or death.
命知らずいのちしらずNoun～な Adj.～の Adj.Freq #21615
1

recklessness; daredevilry; daredevil; reckless person

命を捨てるいのちを捨てるいのちをすてるExpressionIchidan verbFreq #23431
1

to give one's life; to lay down one's life

命からがら命辛々命辛辛いのちからがらいのちがらがら (命辛々／命辛辛)AdverbFreq #24870
1

for dear life; barely escaping alive

Examples
彼は国境警備兵の姿を見て命からがら逃げた。
He ran for his life at the sight of the border guard.
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