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運命
unmei
Description
「運命」は、人の力では変えられないと感じる、決められた流れや将来のことです。
"運命" refers to a predetermined course or future that people feel cannot be changed by their own power.
大切な出会いや大きな出来事について、少し重い気持ちで使うことが多いです。
It is often used with a somewhat serious feeling about important encounters or major events.
Meanings
運命unmei
fate; destiny; one's predetermined future
これは運命の出会いかもしれない。
This might be a fateful encounter.
運命unmei
the course or lot that awaits someone or something
チームの運命は次の試合で決まる。
The team's fate will be decided in the next match.
Related words
Notes
- Etymology
運 (fortune, luck) + 命 (life, fate) combine to mean a life-shaping destiny.
- Nuance
運命 stresses an unavoidable fate; 宿命 feels even more fixed from birth.
In videos
“というわけで、次は運命の捨て猫探し編です。”
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