Word Meaning 生き甲斐

いきがい ikigai

生き甲斐 is read as いきがい (ikigai) and means reason for living.

Meaning

English

reason for living
something one lives for
purpose in life
raison d'être

Reading

Kana

いきがい

Romaji

ikigai

Writing Variants

生きがい いきがい ikigai
生甲斐 いきがい ikigai

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 26 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Jinmeiyō Kanken 準1級 Antonyms 死に甲斐 Rank 16120 Priority C

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

甲斐

かい

Kai (former province located in present-day Yamanashi Prefecture)

やり甲斐

やりがい

being worth doing

年甲斐

としがい

one's age

言甲斐

いいがい

worth mentioning

甲斐

がい

effect

し甲斐

しがい

worthy of

恋の骨折り甲斐

こいのほねおりがい

Love's Labour's Won (Shakespeare)

甲斐性

かいしょ

resourcefulness

不甲斐ない

ふがいない

good-for-nothing

甲斐性なし

かいしょうなし

being good-for-nothing

甲斐犬

かいいぬ

Kai Ken (Japanese dog breed)

甲斐路

かいじ

bright red table grape, a cross between a Flame Tokay and a Neo Muscat