いのち
命
　
を
ちぢ
縮
　
め
　
る

expression, Ichidan verb

  1. to shorten one's life.

Variations

Pronunciation Kanji Kana Is Common
いのち
命
　
を
ちぢ
縮
　
め
　
る
 命を縮める いのちをちぢめる

Contained Kanji Breakdown

fate, command, decree
メイ　いのち　ミョウ (3rd, N3)
to assemble. to gather together
シュウ　あつまる
person
ひと　ニン　ジン (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
strike, beat, kow tow
たた.く　はた.く　コウ (Kentei Pre-1)
mouth
くち　コウ　ク (1st, N4)
seal radical (no. 26)
セツ　わりふ (Kentei 1)
shrink, contract, shrivel
シュク　ちぢ.む (6th, N1)
thread
いと　シ (1st, N2)
short thread radical (no. 52)
ヨウ　ちいさい (Kentei 1)
little, small
ショウ　こ-　ちい.さい (1st, N5)
feathered stick, barb radical (no. 6)
ケツ　かぎ (Kentei 1)
eight, eight radical (no. 12)
ハチ　や　はっ (1st, N5)
inn, lodging, relay station
シュク　やど　すく (3rd, N3)
shaped crown, katakana u radical (no. 40)
ベン　メン (Kentei 1)
dot, tick or dot radical (no. 3)
チュ (Kentei 1)
wa-shaped crown radical (no. 14)
ベキ (Kentei 1)
hundred, leader of 100 men, east-west path between paddies
ヒャク　ハク　おさ (Kentei 1)
human radical (no. 9)
hundred
ヒャク　ひゃっ　お (1st, N5)
one, one radical (no.1)
イチ　いっ　ひと- (1st, N5)
white
しろ　ハク　しら- (1st, N5)
katakana no radical (no. 4)
ヘツ　えい　よう (Kentei 1)
day, sun, Japan
ひ　にっ　ニチ (1st, N5)