Word Meaning 宿命

しゅくめい shukumei

宿命 is read as しゅくめい (shukumei) and means fate.

Meaning

English

fate
destiny
predestination

Reading

Kana

しゅくめい

Romaji

shukumei

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 5229 Priority A

Related Vocabulary

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宿命通

しゅくみょうつう

knowledge of previous lifetimes (one of the six supernormal Buddhist powers)

宿命論

しゅくめいろん

fatalism

宿命論者

しゅくめいろんじゃ

fatalist

宿命的

しゅくめいてき

fateful

宿題

しゅくだい

homework

宿

やど

home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

宿屋

やどや

inn

宿主

しゅくしゅ

(parasitic) host

宿る

やどる

to be a parasite (bugs, plants, etc.)

宿す

やどす

to carry (a baby)

宿駅

しゅくえき

relay station

宿直

しゅくちょく

night watch

Example Sentences

しかし、天才であるが故に一般ピーポーから理解され難いというのは宿命とも言えるわ。

However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one's genius is fate.

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