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Definition and Synonyms for 宿命
1. | 宿命 | 前もって決められること |
Predetermination | being determined in advance | |
Synonyms: | 予定説, 先決, 宿命 | |
2. | 巡り合わせ | 未来に必ず起きること(または事の成り行き) |
Destiny | an event (or a course of events) that will inevitably happen in the future | |
Synonyms: | さだ, めぐり合う, 命運, 回り合わせ, 因縁, 天命, 天運, 定, 定め, 定める, 宿世, 宿命, 宿運, 巡り合わせ, 幸, 幸せ, 運, 運命 | |
3. | 定め事 | 物事の成り行きをあらかじめ定める究極的な存在(女性の姿で描かれることが多い) |
Destiny | the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) | |
Synonyms: | 命運, 因縁, 天命, 天運, 定め, 定める, 宿命, 運命 | |
4. | 巡り合わせ | 人生(あなたに起こるすべてを含んでいる)におけるあなたの総合的な事情か状態 |
Lot | your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you) | |
Synonyms: | めぐり合う, 命数, 命運, 回り合わせ, 因縁, 境遇, 天命, 天意, 天運, 定め, 定める, 宿世, 宿命, 宿縁, 宿運, 巡り合わせ, 幸せ, 暮らし向き, 身の上, 運, 運勢, 運命, 運気 | |
5. | 宿命 | (神学)神は永遠を通してすべての出来事の宿命(最終的な救いを含めて)を定めているとする(普通カルヴァンと結びついている)説 |
Predetermination | especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | |
Synonyms: | 予定説, 先決, 宿命 |
Meanings for each kanji in 宿命
» | 宿 | inn; lodging; relay station; dwell; lodge; be pregnant; home; dwelling |
» | 命 | fate; command; decree; destiny; life; appoint |
Categories 宿命 is a member of
1. | 原因物 | 物事の起因となる物 |
Cause | any entity that produces an effect or is responsible for events or results | |
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2. | 出来事 | 起こった出来事 |
Occurrence | an event that happens | |
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3. | 条件 | 人または事物の存在の存在または形態 |
Condition | a mode of being or form of existence of a person or thing | |
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4. | ある宗教集団の教義 | |
Theological Doctrine | the doctrine of a religious group | |
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Sample Sentences for 宿命
しかし、天才であるが故に一般ピーポーから理解され難いというのは宿命とも言えるわ。
However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one's genius is fate.
このことは、人間共通の宿命とさえいえる素因であって、なにも、ドイツ人に限ったことではない。
This is a basic factor that can even be said to be the common lot of man, it certainly doesn't apply only to Germans.
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