How to say "live" in Japanese

• 生きるいきるJLPT N4approx.Common
  ichidan verb, intransitive verbThe verb for being alive: life as opposed to death, or existence as a living being. Typical context: saying that someone or something still lives, or talking about how to live.
• 住むすむJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers 'live' meaning to reside: where a person lives — a city, a country, a neighborhood. This is the word for 'Where do you live?', and it also means to inhabit or dwell somewhere.
  あなたはどのくらいの間あいだ、神戸こうべに住すんでいますか。↗

  How long have you lived in Kobe?
• あるJLPT N5approx.Common
  godan verb (irregular), intransitive verbThis is really the verb of existence for things — 'there is, there are' — and its 'live' sense is marginal: for people or creatures being alive, it is seldom the word you want.
  失礼しつれいだが、上記じょうきの記事きじにある３つの誤あやまりを指摘してきしておきたい。↗

  Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.
• ライブCommon
  prenominal modifier, nounNot a verb at all: this is the borrowed word for 'live' in broadcasting and music — a live concert, a live broadcast. It never means 'to live', 'to be alive', or 'to reside'.
  私は場末ばすえのジャズクラブに行いって、ライブミュージックを楽たのしみます。↗

  I like to go to a local jazz club where I can enjoy live music.
• 暮らすくらすJLPT N3approx.Common
  godan verb, intransitive verbCovers 'live' as in leading a life or getting by: how one lives and on what — daily life, livelihood. Typical context: living on a small income, or simply going about one's life.
  １日にち１ドルでアメリカで暮くらしていけると思おもいますか。↗

  Do you think you can live on a dollar a day in America?

For being alive use 「生きる」, for residence use 「住む」, and for daily life or getting by use 「暮らす」; 「ある」 is 'there is, there are', while 「ライブ」 is the borrowed word for live music and broadcasts, not a verb.

Usage comparisons are AI-assisted and cross-checked by multiple models; for study reference only

• 生きるいきるto live
• 住むすむto live (of humans)
• あるto be
• ライブlive (broadcasting, music, etc.)
• 暮らすくらすto live (on, by, etc.)
• 住まうすまうto live
• 住み込むすみこむto live (in the house of one's employer, teacher, etc.)
• 棲むすむto live (of animals)
• 過ごすすごすto spend (time)
• 住するじゅうするto live
• やっていくto live
• 住すじゅうすto live
• 生きたいきたlive
• 生ライブなまライブlive (transmission, broadcast, etc.)
• 存するそんするto exist
• 世を渡るよをわたるto make one's way in the world
• 食うくうto live
• 生けるいけるliving
• 息づくいきづくto live
• オンタイム(in) real time
• やるto live
• 送るおくるto spend (time)
• 生なまlive (i.e. not recorded)