Life can be used in several ways. Life as in 'existence', the state of being alive -' Vitality' is another good word .So is 'animation' which is similar in meaning.
Here are a few: От автора Начиная жизнеописание героя моего, Алексея Федоровича Карамазова, нахожусь в некотором...
It's pronounced vnuschka and it means grand-daughter.
The Russian word is ЖИЗНЬ (approx. pronounciation is jizni)
Reincarnation is the only other word of meaning of new life..