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What does 生きてこそ
その『〜てこそ』はどういう意味ですか？ mean?
その『〜てこそ』はどういう意味ですか？ mean?
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こそ is used to emphasize the word before that, but it's difficult to translate it because there's no English equivalent. In your case, I would translate the whole phrase as:
only when you are alive
when you do live
if you are just alive
Hope it will be helpful.
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We use "a verb + てこそ" when we want to emphasize that to do "the verb" is an essential prerequisite for something.
Ex)
生きてこそ未来がある
→"Being alive" is an essential prerequisite to have a future.
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