命

Kana: いのち

life (biological)

Example sentence

水は命のはじまりです。

みずはいのちのはじまりです。

Water is the beginning of life.

What 命 means

命 (いのち) is a Japanese word meaning “life (biological)”. It appears in the Level 3 collection, under Concepts & Ideas.

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