宿命 (Shukumei) is a Japanese noun meaning “fate, destiny, predestination”.
Meanings
- nounfate; destiny; predestination
Examples
仲間外れになるのが私の宿命みたいだ。
It seems to be my lot to be an odd man out.
洪水はかつてはこの地方には宿命であった。
Previously, floods were fate for the region.
しかし、天才であるが故に一般ピーポーから理解され難いというのは宿命とも言えるわ。
However you could say that being found hard to understand by the common folk for one's genius is fate.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).