しょうし
Meanings
Noun
1. life and death; life or death
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"
Pitch accent
しょ
うし
Composed of
life; living
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Examples (2 in total)
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.