Japanese

びる

いきのびる
Meaning: to survive; to outlive; to escape death
Part of Speech: Verb

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Verb inflections

Form Affirmative Negative
Present 生き延びる 生き延びない
Polite 生き延びます 生き延びません
Past 生き延びた 生き延びなかった
Polite + Past 生き延びました 生き延びませんでした
Te-form 生き延びて 生き延びなくて
Potential 生き延びられる 生き延びられない
Passive 生き延びられる 生き延びられない
Causative 生き延びさせる 生き延びさせない
Imperative 生き延びろ 生き延びるな

Handwriting

生
き
延
び
る

Example sentences

He was able to survive for as long as a week in the desert.
どんなに過酷な環境でも生き延びる、彼の生命力には脱帽する。
I take my hat off to his vitality, which allows him to survive even in such a harsh environment.
彼は絶海の孤島で一ヶ月間生き延びた
He survived for a month on a solitary island in the distant sea.
彼らは砲煙弾雨の中を生き延びた
They survived through the hail of bullets.

Usage Notes

Emphasizes staying alive after a dangerous situation or continuing to live past a point where death was expected.

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