noun:

• soil animal; soil life; soil biota; edaphon

adjectival noun:

• real; realistic; true to life

noun:

• realtime blog - abbreviation
• real world (cf. online games or social networking services)
• rial (currency)

noun:

• friendly relations; social relations; social life

adjectival noun / noun:

• going through life with one's heart on one's sleeve; sensibility - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• life or death struggle; mortal combat; struggle to the death

noun:

• giving one's family life priority over one's work

adjectival noun:

• beyond one's means or position; inappropriate to one's lot in life ➜ 身分相応・分不相応

noun:

• mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself - four character idiom

noun:

• (whether) existent or non-existent; life or death

noun / ~する noun:

• living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness - four character idiom

~の noun / noun:

• once in one's life; once in a lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• three dimensions; three dimensional; 3D; 3-D

noun / ~の noun:

• real world; IRL (in real life) - as opposed to the two dimensions of anime and manga - slang - humorous term

expression:

• to know one has enough; to be satisfied with one's lot in life - idiom

expression:

• when one was a very young child; very early in one's life

noun:

• fortune; property
• life circumstances; finances; housekeeping
• one's worth; one's merit; asset; strong point

noun:

• this world; secular society; workaday world; this life

noun:

• (leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence - four character idiom

upper nidan verb (archaic) / yodan ~く verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to live; to exist - archaism ➜ 生きる

upper nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to bring to life - archaism ➜ 生ける

noun:

• intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

noun:

• Japanese book size (approx. 12.5cm by 17.5cm) ➜ 半紙【はんし】
• late Edo-period novelette depicting life in the red-light district ➜ 洒落本

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life) ➜ 一命を取り留める
• to ascertain; to make definite - archaism

expression:

• no mortal escapes death; all men must die; he who has life, certainly has death [literal] - proverb

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to revive; to come to oneself; to be restored to life

noun / ~する noun:

• passing on to the next life - Buddhism term
• death
• giving up a struggle; submission
• being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed
• coercion

noun / ~する noun:

• playing around; having an active sex life; casual homosexual sexual activity - esp. gay sex ➜ 発展【はってん】

noun:

• (gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar) - abbreviation ➜ ハッテン場