Word Meaning 生き埋め

いきうめ ikiume

生き埋め is read as いきうめ (ikiume) and means burying alive.

Meaning

English

burying alive

Reading

Kana

いきうめ

Romaji

ikiume

Writing Variants

生埋め いきうめ ikiume

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper grade Kanken 3級 Rank 16041 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

生き埋める

いきうめる

to bury (someone) alive

生糸

きいと

raw silk thread

生協

せいきょう

co-op

生憎

あいにく

unfortunately

生身

しょうじん

physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

生身

なまみ

physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

生理的

せいりてき

physiological

生命線

せいめいせん

life line (in palm reading)

生存競争

せいぞんきょうそう

struggle for existence

生卵

なまたまご

raw egg

生き延びる

いきのびる

to survive

生乳

せいにゅう

raw milk

Example Sentences

我々が通り過ぎた教会は、その五分後に大地震で崩壊して、１００人以上が生き埋めとなった。

The church we went past crumbled five minutes later due to a huge earthquake, and more than a hundred churchgoers were buried alive.