せいめい
Meanings
Noun
1. life; existence
Noun
Suffix
2. (one's) working life; career
Noun
3. life force; lifeblood; soul; essence
Pitch accent
いめい
いめ
Composed of
life; living; I; me; student
order; command; life; destiny; fate
Used in vocabulary (24 in total)
vitality; (one's) life force
life insurance
lifeline; matter of life or death; indispensable thing; life line (in palm reading)
artificial life
life-support system
extraterrestrial life; ET
player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete
political life
feeling of vitality; sense of being alive
intelligent life
life insurance company
acting career; career as an actress
right to life
death penalty
Examples (26 in total)
When did life come into being?
Food is necessary for life.
The sun is essential to life.