Word Meaning 人は死して名を留む

ひとはししてなをとどむ hito ha shishitena o todomu

人は死して名を留む is read as ひとはししてなをとどむ (hito ha shishitena o todomu) and means he has not lived that lives not after death.

Meaning

English

  1. he has not lived that lives not after death
  2. the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it

Reading

Kana

ひとはししてなをとどむ

Romaji

hito ha shishitena o todomu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Rank 85944 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

人名

じんめい

person's name

人名反応

じんめいはんのう

name reaction

人名事典

じんめいじてん

biographical dictionary

人名索引

じんめいさくいん

name index

人名録

じんめいろく

directory

人死に

ひとじに

accidental death

外国人留学生

がいこくじんりゅうがくせい

foreign (exchange) student

死の商人

しのしょうにん

merchant of death

在留外国人

ざいりゅうがいこくじん

foreign residents

死人

しにん

corpse

名人

めいじん

The Master of Go (1951 novel by Yasunari Kawabata)