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宿命

Reading

Kana: しゅくめい
Romaji: shukumei
Kana
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Definition

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fate; destiny; predestination

Kanji

宿
Readings: シュク、 やど、 やど.る、 やど.す
Meanings: inn, lodging, relay station, dwell, lodge, be pregnant, home, dwelling
Readings: メイ、 ミョウ、 いのち
Meanings: fate, command, decree, destiny, life, appoint

Example Sentences

仲間外(なかまはず)れになるのが(わたし)宿命(しゅくめい)みたいだ。
➥It seems to be my lot to be an odd man out.
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しかし、天才(てんさい)であるが(ゆえ)一般(いっぱん)ピーポーから理解(りかい)され(がた)いというのは宿命(しゅくめい)とも()えるわ。
➥However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one's genius is fate.
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洪水(こうずい)はかつてはこの地方(ちほう)には宿命(しゅくめい)であった。
➥Previously, floods were fate for the region.
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このことは、人間(にんげん)共通(きょうつう)宿命(しゅくめい)とさえいえる素因(そいん)であって、なにも、ドイツ(じん)(かぎ)ったことではない。
➥This is a basic factor that can even be said to be the common lot of man, it certainly doesn't apply only to Germans.
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