JLPT N4 · Verb

生きる (ikiru)

生きる (いきる, ikiru) is a Japanese verb meaning “to live; to exist”. It appears in JLPT N4 vocabulary lists and is marked as a common word in JMdict.

Reading
いきる
Romaji
ikiru
Word class
Ichidan verb (る-verb)
Level
JLPT N4 (unofficial)

Meaning

  1. to live; to exist · ichidan verb, intransitive
  2. to make a living; to subsist · ichidan verb, intransitive
  3. to be in effect; to be in use; to function · ichidan verb, intransitive
  4. to come to life; to be enlivened · ichidan verb, intransitive
  5. to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.) · ichidan verb, intransitive

Example sentences

この本はまだ版権が生きている。
This book is still copyrighted.

Sentences from the Tatoeba project, linked to this word in JMdict.

Conjugation of 生きる

Ichidan verb (る-verb). Plain and polite forms below; try any other word in the Japanese verb conjugator.

FormJapaneseReading
Dictionary生きるいきる ikiru
Polite (~masu)生きますいきます ikimasu
Negative生きないいきない ikinai
Polite negative生きませんいきません ikimasen
Past生きたいきた ikita
Polite past生きましたいきました ikimashita
Negative past生きなかったいきなかった ikinakatta
Te-form生きていきて ikite
Potential生きられるいきられる ikirareru
Passive生きられるいきられる ikirareru
Causative生きさせるいきさせる ikisaseru
Volitional生きよういきよう ikiyou
Imperative生きろいきろ ikiro
Conditional (~ba)生きればいきれば ikireba

Kanji in 生きる

Related words

Other vocabulary sharing a kanji with 生きる.

Source: JMdict entry 1378520 (EDRDG, CC BY-SA 4.0). Level: unofficial JLPT list – how levels are assigned.