Japanese

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Alternative spellings
命懸け
命掛け
命がけ

Etymology

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From (いのち) (inochi) + () (kake, (れん)(よう)(けい) (ren'yōkei, stem or continuative form) of the verb ()ける (kakeru).). The kake changes to gake as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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いのちがけ (inochigake

  1. indifference to potential loss to life; recklessly dangerous

References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN