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生せい死し
Meanings
Noun
1. life and death; life or death
The next ten-odd minutes will decide whether I live or die.
2. samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)
when read as "しょうじ, しょうし"
3. death
when read as "しょうじ, しょうし"
Kanji used
生
life
死
death
Pitch accent
せ
いし
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Used in: 1645
Composed of
life; living; I; me; student
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
between life and death
matter of life and death
one's view of life and death; attitude toward living and dying
life and death are the two faces of the same coin
matter of life and death
not knowing whether someone is dead or alive; of unknown fate; missing
Examples (5 in total)
But this is a life-or-death match!
It's important business, a matter of life and death.
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
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