命を縮める

いのちをちぢめる

to shorten one's life

寿命

じゅみょう

life span

首を縮める

くびをちぢめる

to duck one's head

長寿命

ちょうじゅみょう

long operating life, long service life, long life

寿命を延ばす

じゅみょうをのばす

to prolong one's life

縮める

ちぢめる

to shorten, to reduce, to boil down, to shrink

宣命を含める

せんみょうをふくめる

to make someone understand their fate, to reason with, to persuade, to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused)

寿を上る

じゅをたてまつる

to offer a toast for longevity

平均寿命

へいきんじゅみょう

life expectancy

工具寿命

こーぐじゅみょー

tool life

健康寿命

けんこうじゅみょう

healthy life expectancy, healthy life years

耐用寿命

たいよーじゅみょー

useful life

寿命予測

じゅみょーよそく

life prediction

縮こめる

ちぢこめる

to draw in (one's body); to duck (one's head)

命を取り留める

いのちをとりとめる

to escape death; to be saved from death

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

寿司を握る

すしをにぎる

to make hand-rolled sushi

一命を取り留める

いちめいをとりとめる

to escape death, to be saved from death