懸命

けんめい

eagerness, earnestness, risking one's life

賞金を懸ける

しょうきんをかける

to offer a prize

一生懸命

いっしょうけんめい

very hard, with utmost effort, with all one's might, for dear life

一所懸命

いっしょけんめい

very hard, with utmost effort, with all one's might, desperately, frantically, for dear life, all-out effort, sticking at living in and defending one place

命を削る

いのちをけずる

to shorten one's life (through hardship, etc.); to hasten one's death

命を張る

いのちをはる

to put one's life on the line

懸け隔たる

かけへだたる

to be far apart, to be remote, to be quite different

懸け隔てる

かけへだてる

to put distance between, to estrange

懸け紙

かけがみ

wrapping paper

手懸け

てかけ てがけ

handhold on an object which facilitates carrying

弓懸け

ゆがけ

archer's glove (with a groove for pulling the string)

笠懸け

かさがけ

mounted archery; target shooting on horseback

懸け橋

かけはし

suspension bridge, viaduct, temporary bridge

命を奉じる

めいをほうじる いのちをほうじる

to obey orders

命を捨てる

いのちをすてる

to give one's life, to lay down one's life

命を捧げる

いのちをささげる

to give one's life (e.g. in battle), to devote one's life (e.g. to a cause)

命を縮める

いのちをちぢめる

to shorten one's life

天命を知る

てんめいをしる

to turn 50, to reach 50 years of age

運命づける

うんめいづける

to preordain