命に代えても

Japanese

Kanji in this term
命	代
いのち Grade: 3	か Grade: 3
kun'yomi

Phrase

命(いのち)に代(か)えても • (inochi ni kaetemo) 

1. (idiomatic) at the cost of one's life
   • 2016, 29:20 from the start, in Sanada Maru, episode 44:

     命(いのち)に代(か)えても、殿(との)様(さま)をお守(まも)り申(もう)し上(あ)げまする。

     Inochi ni kaetemo, tonosama o o-mamori mōshiagemasuru.

     I will protect you, my lord, even if it costs me my life.