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ショウシ
Meanings
Noun
1. life and death; life or death
The next ten-odd minutes will decide whether I live or die.
Alt. forms
生せい死し
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ショウシ
Pitch accent
ショ
ウシ
Composed of
life; living
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
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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