じゅみょう
Meanings
Noun
1. lifespan; life; lifetime
But humans have a lifespan.
2. life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life
Unfortunately, this watch has reached the end of its life.
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (5 in total)
life expectancy (at birth); average life span; mean lifetime
to shorten one's life
to prolong one's life
Examples (12 in total)
But humans have a lifespan.
The lifetime of a butterfly is three days.
Sea turtles have a long lifespan.