Word Meaning 生きた

いきた ikita

生きた is read as いきた (ikita) and means live.

Meaning

English

  1. live
  2. living

Reading

Kana

いきた

Romaji

ikita

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N5 Jōyō Grade 1 Kanken 10級 Rank 98242 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

生きる

いきる

to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

生る

なる

to bear fruit

生前

せいぜん

while alive

生き生き

いきいき

in a lively way

生かす

いかす

to restore (a deleted passage; in proofreading)

生き

いき

damned

生長

せいちょう

growth (of a plant)

生年月日

せいねんがっぴ

birth date

生み出す

うみだす

to give birth to

生じる

しょうじる

to produce

生ぬるい

なまぬるい

lukewarm

Example Sentences

10

I want to live.

He lived to be eighty years old.

I want to go at my own pace.

The gingko is a living fossil.

What age do you want to live to?

Tom lived to be 97.

My grandfather lived to be ninety-nine years old.

He lived to see great-grandchildren.

We saw a lot of live fish in the pond.

I felt like I was dead.