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The Japanese word

is pronounced
inochi | いのち
means
command, decree, life, destiny
Examples:
命あっての物種。
inochi atte no monodane.
While there is life, there is hope.
命は誰でも惜しい。
inochi wa dare demo oshī.
Life is dear to everybody.
命有っての、物だね。
inochi atte no, mono da ne.
Where there is life, there is hope.
命が縮む思いをした。
inochi ga chijimu omoi o shi ta.
I felt as if my life had been shortened.
命がけで探し出した。
inochigake de sagashidashi ta.
I found this at the risk of my life.
命ある限り希望あり。
inochi aru kagiri kibō ari.
While there is life, there is hope. | As long as there is life, there is hope.
命のある間は希望がある。
inochi no aru ma wa kibō ga aru.
While there is life, there is hope.
他の惑星に知的生命体はいるか?
ta no wakusei ni chiteki seimei tai wa iru ka?
Is there intelligent life on other planets?
私の命が危ないと言ってるわけですか?
watashi no inochi ga abunai to itteru wake desu ka?
Are you saying my life is in danger?
命にかかわるような病気ではありません。
inochi ni kakawaru yō na byōki de wa ari masen.
It's not the sort of illness that puts your life at risk.
兵士達はその命令に従うことを否定した。
heishi tachi wa sono meirei ni shitagau koto o hitei shi ta.
The troops refused to obey the command.
兵士達はその命令に従うことを拒否した。
heishi tachi wa sono meirei ni shitagau koto o kyohi shi ta.
The troops refused to obey the command.
虫歯を侮ると命に係わる場合もあるのです。
mushiba o anadoru to inochi ni kakawaru bāi mo aru no desu.
Making light of cavities can be a matter of life and death.
兵士は自分の命を犠牲にして友人を救った。
heishi wa jibun no inochi o gisei ni shi te yūjin o sukutta.
The soldier saved his friend at the cost of his own life.
服従することによって命令することを学べ。
fukujū suru koto niyotte meirei suru koto o manabe.
Through obedience learn to command.
彼にとって、妻は彼の命そのものだったと言っても決して大げさではない。
kare nitotte, tsuma wa kare no inochi sonomono datta to itte mo kesshite ōgesa de wa nai.
It is no exaggeration to say that, as far as he was concerned, his wife was life itself to him.
身命をかけて職務を実践し、すべての警察官の心に火をともしてくれました。
shinmei o kake te shokumu o jissen shi, subete no keisatsukan no kokoro ni hi o tomoshi te kure mashi ta.
He risked his life to carry out his duty and inspired police officers everywhere.
様々な種類の保険がある。例えば健康保険、火災保険、生命保険などである。
samazama na jurui no hoken ga aru. tatoeba kenkō hoken, kasai hoken, seimei hoken nado de aru.
There are many kinds of insurance such as: health insurance, fire insurance, life insurance, etc.
この宇宙には知的生命体が存在するのはまず間違いないと思うが、その生命体が地球に来る可能性は殆ど無し。
kono uchū ni wa chiteki seimei tai ga sonzai suru no wa mazu machigai nai to omō ga, sono seimei tai ga chikyū ni kuru kanō sei wa hotondo nashi.
I think it is certain that there is intelligent life in this universe, but the likelihood of that life coming to Earth is practically nil.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org