いのちごい

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of いのちごい – see the following entry.

【命乞い】 [noun] the act of begging for mercy [verb] to beg for mercy; to beg to have one's own life spared [verb] (archaic) to pray to deities for longevity

(This term, いのちごい, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)