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命がけ

命懸け、 命掛け

Reading

Kana: いのちがけ
Romaji: inochigake
Kana
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Definitions

1

risking one's life

See also: 命をかける
2

life and death; risky; desperate

Kanji

Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint
Readings: ケン、 ケ、 か.ける、 か.かる
Meanings: state of suspension, hang, depend, consult, distant, far apart
Readings: カイ、 ケイ、 か.ける、 -か.ける、 か.け、 -か.け、 -が.け、 か.かる、 -か.かる、 -が.かる、 か.かり、 -が.かり、 かかり、 -がかり
Meanings: hang, suspend, depend, arrive at, tax, pour

Example Sentences

(いのち)がけで(さがだ)()した。
➥I found this at the risk of my life.
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その写真(しゃしん)(なか)には(いのち)がけで()ったものもある。
➥Some of the photos have been taken at the risk of life.
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警察官(けいさつかん)(いのち)がけで(はたら)く。
➥Policemen work at the risk of their own lives.
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