LingakuFrequency rank: 4,459. – 4,462.
- life span
noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
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- life span
This term refers to the duration of time that an organism or an object is expected to live or operate. It can be used in both biological contexts (such as the life span of humans or animals) and non-biological contexts (like the life span of machines).
The average life span of humans has been increasing year by year.
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じゅみょう寿命がのびる延びるto have a longer life spanじゅみょうをちぢめる寿命を縮めるto shorten life spanじゅみょう寿命をまっとうする全うするto live out one's natural life spanじゅみょう寿命をかんがえる考えるto consider life spanへいきんじゅみょう平均寿命average life span
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A qilin with a king too has no limit on its lifespan, but this illness alone admits of no remedy.
High operating temperatures shorten lubricant life.
Suicide is a leading cause of death in the country with the longest life expectancy.
Thanks to these discoveries, man's life span has become twice as long as before.
Seventy or eighty years is the normal span of a man's life.