life 意味 & 読み方

日本語でのlifeの意味

• 0 the time between a person’s birth and his or her death -- 一生

  • He had a happy life.

  • Do you want to spend the rest of your life with him?

• 1 living things, such as animals and plants -- 生き物

  • human life

  • Is there life in outer space?

• 2 a way of living -- 生活, 生き方

  • You lead an exciting life.

• 3 a particular part of someone’s life -- （仕事の時間など）人の生活の一部

  • my working life

  • a fulfilling sex life

• 4 the state of being alive -- 命

  • She was badly injured, but the doctor saved her life.

• 5 energy and activity -- 生気

  • Like all small children, she was always so full of life.

• 6 something you say that means bad things happen and you cannot stop them -- 人生とはそんなものさ

  • You don’t get everything you want, but that’s life, isn’t it?

• 7 to do something that is very dangerous, especially where you risk death -- 生命を危険にさらす

  • Every time you go parachuting you’re taking your life in your hands.