Vocabulary

What does 寿命 (じゅみょう, jumyou) mean?

寿命 (じゅみょう, jumyou) means lifespan; service life.

Quick facts
Reading	じゅみょう
Romaji	jumyou
Part of speech	noun
Level (estimated, JLPT framework)	N2

寿命じゅみょう

N2 · estimated, JLPT frameworkCommonjumyou

lifespan; service life

1noun lifespan; life; lifetime
2noun life (of a battery, lightbulb, etc.); service life; end of an object's (useful) life

Example sentences

この電池(でんち)の寿命(じゅみょう)は短(みじか)いです。
This battery's lifespan is short.
医学(いがく)が進(すす)んで寿命(じゅみょう)が延(の)びた。
Medicine has advanced, and life expectancy has grown longer.