シセン
Meanings
Noun
1. borderline between life and death; verge of death
2. deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
Pitch accent
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Composed of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)