Word Meaning 生き身は死身

いきみはしにみ ikimi ha shinimi

生き身は死身 is read as いきみはしにみ (ikimi ha shinimi) and means all that lives must eventually die.

Meaning

English

all that lives must eventually die

Reading

Kana

いきみはしにみ

Romaji

ikimi ha shinimi

Writing Variants

生き身は死に身 いきみはしにみ ikimi ha shi ni mi

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Proverb ✓ Rank 35100 Priority F

Related Vocabulary

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生身

なまみ

physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

生き身

いきみ

fresh fish

生死の境

せいしのさかい

between life and death

不死身

ふじみ

invulnerability

意生身

いしょうしん

mind-made body

死に身

しにみ

at the risk of one's life

生死

しょうじ

death

生死に関わる問題

せいしにかかわるもんだい

matter of life and death

生死一如

せいしいちにょ

life and death are the two faces of the same coin

生死流転

しょうじるてん

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

生死観

せいしかん

one's opinion on life and death

生ある者は必ず死あり

せいあるものはかならずしあり

no mortal escapes death