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生きる糧
いきるかて
1. [exp,n]
▶ source of vitality
▶ life sustenance
Cross references:
  ⇒ see: 2017850 糧【かて】 2. nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement



History:
4. A 2023-06-01 03:55:05  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
I'd keep it.
  Diff:
@@ -12,0 +13 @@
+<xref type="see" seq="2017850">糧・かて・2</xref>
3. A* 2023-06-01 02:36:40  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Just noticed that the second sense in our entry for 糧・かて covers this figurative usage, so maybe this entry isn't needed.
2. A* 2023-05-31 21:47:58  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
Accidentally pasted an unrelated wiktionary link in the previous edit.

Another ref:  https://word-dictionary.jp/posts/3729
使い方で気を付けるべき点は、「生きる糧」は、「生きる目的」ではないことです。生きがいであり、それにより自分に活力を与えられるのですから、「それ」が「目的」となるのは筋が違います。

There seems to be a difference between this expression and others like 「生き甲斐」.
I think 「生きる糧」 refers more to the "means" or "fuel" for living rather than a final purpose or objective.
  Diff:
@@ -14 +14 @@
-<gloss>reason for living</gloss>
+<gloss>life sustenance</gloss>
1. A* 2023-05-31 21:30:08  Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://proverb-encyclopedia.com/dictionary/ikirukate/
https://ja.wiktionary.org/wiki/心の糧

Google N-gram Corpus Counts
╭─ーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮
│ 生きる糧  │ 30,605 │ 99.1% │
│ 生きるカテ │     95 │  0.3% │
│ 生きるかて │     81 │  0.3% │
│ いきる糧  │     63 │  0.2% │
│ いきるかて │     33 │  0.1% │
╰─ーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯

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