しょう
Meanings
Noun
1. 生きることと死ぬこと。生きているか死んでいるか。
2. : (仏教) 迷い。生き替わり死に替わる迷いの世界。
しょうじ
Kanji used
life
death
Pitch accent
しょ
うし
Composed of
life; living; I; me; student
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
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.