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jmdict 2857765 Active (id: 2227987)
命を削る
いのちをけずる
1. [exp,v5r]
▶ to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.)
▶ to hasten one's death

Conjugations


History:
2. A 2023-04-06 01:09:08  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
1. A* 2023-04-05 16:55:41  Opencooper
  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

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