I was looking through a dictionary and came across 生活. My original question was
Is this the difference between 生気／生活?
生気 would be like an idea of life. more abstract
生活 would be concrete. So like something/one's life.
My new question is can you help me to understand the different ways "life" is said in Japanese? I actually forgot about 人生 and 命 when I wrote the question. I didn't know about ライフ／生命／一生 (and others?). I think 人生 would usually be when talking about a person's life right?
Answer
生活【せいかつ】 is English life, livelihood, or living; day-to-day activities of people.
命【いのち】 is life; it's something we lose when we die. Synonyms: 生【せい】、生命【せいめい】
生気【せいき】 is more like liveliness, spirit, or energy. Synonyms: 元気【げんき】、活力【かつりょく】
一生【いっしょう】 is a whole life of someone. Synonym: 生涯【しょうがい】
人生【じんせい】 is human's (whole) life; use this only for humans, of course.
ライフ is rarely used unless you're a video gamer. When used, it's the same as 生活 or 命.
Examples:
- 生活が苦しい difficult to live on (due to financial problems)
- 生活保護 public assistance
- 快適な生活 comfortable life
- 交通事故で命を失う lose one's life in a traffic accident
- 残り少ない命 little time left to live
- 命が惜しければ... if you value your life...
- 生気のない顔 colorless face
- 声から生気が消える speak in an inanimate voice
- 生気が戻る become energetic again
- 一生で一度だけ／人生で一度だけ once in a lifetime
- 一生の仕事 one's lifework
- ライフが少ない health is low (in games)
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