うんめい
Meanings
Noun
1. fate; destiny; lot
Kanji used
carry
continued existence
Pitch accent
んめい
Top 1200
Composed of
fortune; luck
order; command; life; destiny; fate
Used in vocabulary (12 in total)
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
(in the) same boat; (sharing a) common destiny
red string of fate; in Chinese-Japanese folklore, fated lovers were said to be joined by an unseen red string, tied around one little finger of each
Examples (29 in total)
There is no escape from fate.
Do you believe in fate?
Destiny is sometimes cruel.
He has my fate in his hands.
They were destined never to meet.
Fortune favors the bold.
A terrible fate awaited him.
He cursed her fate.
He was never to see his mother again.
The two of them were never to meet again.
You are the master of your own destiny.
Do you believe our destinies are controlled by the stars?
Each book has its own destiny.
The enterprise was doomed to failure.
He would not submit to his fate.
No one can be more wise than destiny.
Your fate is in my hands.
It's a perfect example of cruel fate.
Jack was never to see his sister again.
Our fate depends on your decisions.
He was never to come back to his hometown.
The fate of the hostages depends on the result of the negotiation.
It was his fate to live a lonely life.
He was ready to face his fate.
He was destined to become a great musician.
The boy was to lose his mother at an early age.
People should be the masters of their own destinies.
I acted to protect myself from a similar destiny.
As a young man, he did not know that he was to become famous later on.