- 生きがい
- いきがい【生きがい】*religion[a/one's ~]〔…にとっての〕信条, 生きがい〔with〕
make a religion of gambling 賭(か)け事を生きがいにする
Soccer is his religion [a religion with him]. サッカーは彼の生きがいだ salt of life; one's reason for living[being]; one's sense of power over one's life.
▲What keeps you going? あなたの生きがいは何ですか
Photography is his life. 写真は彼の生きがいだ
The theater was one of the great loves of her life. 演劇は彼女の生涯の生きがいの一つだった.
¶ → 生きがいのある¶ → …を生きがいにする
Japanese-English dictionary. 2013.