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生せい死し
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"
Kanji used
生
life
死
death
Pitch accent
せ
いし
Top 8600
Used in: 1538
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
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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.