いきのび
Meanings
Verb (1-dan, intransitive)
1. to survive; to live long
Pitch accent
きのび
きのびる
Composed of
living; being alive; freshness; liveliness; situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go); stet
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
Examples (2 in total)
The settlers subsisted on bread and water.
All forms of life have an instinctive urge to survive.