知命

ちめい

age 50

天命

てんめい

God's will, heaven's decree, mandate of Heaven, fate, karma, destiny

天知る地知る我知る人知る

てんしるちしるわれしるひとしる

murder will out; truth will out; bad deeds will always be discovered; heaven will know, earth will know, I will know, people will know

天知る地知る我知る子知る

てんしるちしるわれしるししる

murder will out; truth will out; bad deeds will always be discovered; heaven will know, earth will know, I will know, you will know

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

恥を知る

はじをしる

to know shame, to have a sense of shame, to be ashamed

男を知る

おとこをしる

to lose one's virginity (of a woman); to become sexually active

足るを知る

たるをしる

to know one has enough, to be satisfied with one's lot in life

五十知命

ごじゅうちめい

At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. (Confucius)

命知らず

いのちしらず

recklessness, daredevilry, rashness

知的生命

ちてきせいめい

intelligent life

天児屋命

Ame-no-Koyane (Shinto)

命を奉じる

めいをほうじる いのちをほうじる

to obey orders

命を懸ける

いのちをかける

to put one's life on the line, to risk one's life, to put everything one has into it

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

天下周知

てんかしゅうち

common knowledge, widely known, known to everybody