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命いのち懸がけ
Meanings
Adjective (の)
Noun
1. putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
Alt. forms
命いのちがけ
50%
命いのち懸がけ
47%
いのちがけ
1%
命いのち掛がけ
Kanji used
命
continued existence
懸
hang (figuratively)
Pitch accent
い
のちがけ
い
のちがけ
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Composed of
life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
Examples (2 in total)
He saved the child at the risk of his own life.
We fought for our lives in the storm.