Keyword
continued existence
Info
FrequencyTop 100-200
Type
Kyōiku (3rd grade) 
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KankenLevel 8
Heisig1502
Readings
めい
(66%)
Composed of
sloped roof
hit (with a hand)
Used in vocabulary (461 in total)
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
fate; destiny; lot
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
Examples (200 in total)
At least sixty people lost their lives.
I'm afraid for his life.
My sword is my life.
I can give you a long life.
Why were 14,000 soldiers lost?
He commanded me to leave the room immediately.
My orders are absolute.
The dog saved the girl's life.
The medicine saved her life.
His life is in danger.
His child's life is in danger.
Her life is in danger.
Are you saying my life is in danger?
My life was in danger.
Do you believe in fate?
He has my fate in his hands.
He was never to see his mother again.
She had to accept her fate.
She had no choice but to accept her fate.
I acted to protect myself from a similar destiny.
There is no escape from fate.
While there is life, there is hope.
He commanded me to shut the gate.
The two of them were never to meet again.
He was never to see her again.
They were never to meet again.
We were never to see her again.
I have no choice but to follow those orders.
I have to obey his orders.
You are the master of your own destiny.
The boy was to lose his mother at an early age.
Do you believe our destinies are controlled by the stars?
They are supposed to obey the orders.
They were destined never to meet.
The teacher ordered the classroom to be cleaned.
Our teacher demanded that we keep quiet.
The general commanded that the city be attacked.
He appointed me to do this task.
He ordered the boys not to shout in the classroom.
He commanded me to do it.
He bade me stay behind.
He instructed me to go to bed early.
I ordered them to leave the room.
Many lives were lost in the accident.
He staked his future on this single chance.
The doctor ordered me to stay in bed.
The patient's life was in danger.
Our fate depends on your decisions.
What doctors should do is to save lives and fight against death.
I think his life is in danger.
War is destruction of human life.
Each book has its own destiny.
He yelled out an order to the soldiers.
He ordered me to go alone.
He was never to come back to his hometown.
He was never to return to his hometown.
The soldier saved his friend at the cost of his own life.
The battle was won at the price of many lives.
He saved her at the cost of his own life.
You must work hard if you are to succeed.
You don't have to work so hard.
You tried very hard every day.
If he had worked hard at that time, he would have succeeded.
That is because you always study hard.
In any case, you have to study hard.
No matter how hard I try, I can't do it any better than she can.
However hard I try, I can never catch up with him.
Why do you study so hard?
Why am I working hard?
If you are to succeed, you must work hard.
Good students study hard.
You studied hard for the test, didn't you?
I regret not having studied hard for the test.
I think it is my business to study hard.
What are you doing so hard?
He must be tired after such hard work.
You won't succeed unless you work hard.
Work hard, and you will succeed.
Those who work hard will succeed.
If you try very hard, you will succeed.
Study hard, and you'll succeed.
If you want to succeed in life, work hard.
Up to now they have worked very hard.
Study harder from now on.
I have to study hard to keep up with the other students.
After I talked with my teacher, I decided to work hard.
Do you have any idea how hard I've studied to become a doctor?
Your success depends upon whether you work hard or not.
I think you need to study harder.
You need to study harder.
You have to study hard to catch up with your class.
You should work hard.
You must work hard in order not to fail.
Taro is studying hard.
He always studies hard.
He always works hard.
He tries hard.
He tried hard, but he failed.
He worked hard. Otherwise he would have failed.
He worked hard, so that he succeeded.
He seemed to be tired from working hard.
He is a hard worker, and I'm sure that he will succeed in that new job.
He is accustomed to working hard.
He studied very hard.
He studied hard, only to fail in the exam.
He studies much harder than before.
He studied hard in order to get into college.
He regrets not having worked harder at school.
He worked very hard for the sake of his family.
He worked hard in order to succeed.
He doesn't work as hard as he used to.
He commanded us to work hard.
He studied hard to pass the exam.
He worked hard to earn a lot of money.
They work hard.
She tried hard, but she failed.
She is hard at work.
She must have studied very hard.
She doesn't study as hard as her sister.
She worked hard in behalf of her family.
You have to work hard if you want to succeed.
Work hard so that you can succeed.
My mother worked hard in order to raise us.
I work hard at a hotel every day.
If I were you, I'd study harder.
We must work hard.
I worked hard to succeed.
I had to study hard to keep up with the class.
I prefer working hard to just sitting idle.
I persuaded my brother to study harder.
I worked hard all day, so I was very tired.
I am accustomed to working hard.
I am studying very hard.
I want to make you work harder.
I regret not having studied harder at school.
I study hard at school.
I'm tired, but I'll study hard.
It is necessary that we should study hard.
All you have to do is study hard to get into a good college.
Study hard so that you can pass the exam.
It stands to reason that he can't work hard after a long illness.
He works harder than I did at his age.
I felt that my life was in danger.
One mistake will cost a person his life.
Soldiers must carry out their orders.
We must execute his orders.
The fate of the hostages depends on the result of the negotiation.
His proposal was essentially an order.
Work as hard as you can.
Study as hard as you can.
He is trying to study as hard as he can.
You must study hard to have success in school.
The troops refused to obey the command.
It is through hard work that he succeeded, not through good luck.
His request was equivalent to an order.
You should study English harder.
You must study English hard.
No matter how hard you may study English, you cannot master it in a year or so.
You'll be able to speak English better if you practice hard.
The teacher told him to study English hard.
He must have studied English hard.
Yumi studies English hard.
I will study English hard from now on.
It was his fate to live a lonely life.
I did that work on the orders of my boss.
You can make your dream come true by working hard.
She works as hard as her siblings.
The boss ordered us to work from morning till night.
You'll have to study harder from now on.
The girl tried hard to hold back her tears.
His persistent efforts resulted in failure.
The emphasis of his talk was on the need to work hard.
He studied hard so he wouldn't fail.
They worked hard for the sake of their children.
They worked hard in order to develop a new machine.
They worked hard from morning till night.
They studied very hard so that they wouldn't fail the exam.
My father said that I must work hard.
However hard he may try, he won't succeed.
He worked hard to obtain his objective.
The same sentence could have the force of a command.
They defied the policeman's order.
The policeman commanded them to stop.
My dream has come true at last by working hard.
He worked hard at the risk of his health.
However hard you try, you can't finish it in a day.
No matter how hard he tries, my opinion won't change.
If you are to succeed in the exam, you must study hard.
If you had studied harder, you would have passed the examination.
Work hard, and you will pass the examination.
If he studied hard, he would pass the test.
He studied hard with the intention of passing the examination.
He studied hard and passed the test.
He studied hard in order to pass the test.
He is studying hard so that he can pass the examinations.
She worked hard so as to pass the test.
Although she studied hard, she did not succeed in the examination.
I am studying hard so that I can pass the exam.
You'll have to work hard if you want to pass the exam.
I must work hard to pass the test.