Word Meaning 寿命
寿命 is read as じゅみょう (jumyou) and means life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.).
Meaning
English
- life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.)
- service life
- end of an object's (useful) life
- lifespan
- life
- lifetime
Reading
Kana
じゅみょう
Romaji
jumyou
Stroke Sequence
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Related Vocabulary
Max. 12Example Sentences
10彼は寿命をまっとうした。
かれはじゅみょうをまっとうした。
he lived out his natural life.
動物にもそれぞれ寿命がある。
どうぶつにもそれぞれじゅみょうがある。
every animal has its own natural lifespan.
海がめは寿命が長い。
Sea turtles have a long lifespan.
蝶の寿命は三日です。
The lifetime of a butterfly is three days.
犬の平均寿命は10年です。
The average life of a dog is ten years.
私の車、もう寿命みたい。
My car isn't going to last much longer.
寿命が縮んだかと思ったよ。
I felt as if my life had been shortened.
昔の人は随分寿命が短かった。
A long time ago, people had very short lifespans.
女性はたいてい男性より10年寿命が長い。
Women usually live 10 years longer than men do.
７０年もしくは８０年が人間の普通の寿命期間である。
Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.
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