<entry id="2227987" stat="A" corpus="jmdict" type="jmdict">
<ent_corp type="jmdict">jmdict</ent_corp>
<ent_seq>2857765</ent_seq>
<k_ele>
<keb>命を削る</keb>
</k_ele>
<r_ele>
<reb>いのちをけずる</reb>
</r_ele>
<sense>
<pos>&exp;</pos>
<pos>&v5r;</pos>
<gloss>to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.)</gloss>
<gloss>to hasten one's death</gloss>
</sense>
<info>
<audit time="2023-04-05 16:55:41" stat="A" unap="true">
<upd_name>Opencooper</upd_name>
<upd_refs>* daijs
* gg5: ・それには命を削るような努力が必要だった.　That took enough work to shorten a man's life.
* prog: 山で子供が消息を絶った4日間は命を削る思いだった I nearly died of worry during those four days when my child was missing in the mountains.
* luminous: その借金を返すのに*命を削る思いだった (⇒死に物狂いだった) I made desperate efforts to pay back the money.
* reverso: やはりドキュメンタリーは命を削る仕事なのかも知れない。 It seems, after all, that the work of making documentaries may wear away at life.

命を削る　 12,230
命を縮める  6,700</upd_refs>
</audit>
<audit time="2023-04-06 01:09:08" stat="A">
<upd_uid>jwb</upd_uid>
<upd_name>Jim Breen</upd_name>
<upd_email>...address hidden...</upd_email>
</audit>
</info>
</entry>