せい
Meanings
Noun
1. life and death
2. samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)
when read as "しょうし, しょうじ"
3. death
when read as "しょうし, しょうじ"
Kanji used
life
death
Pitch accent
いし
Top 7600
Composed of
life; living; I; me; student
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
Used in vocabulary (6 in total)
between life and death
one's opinion on life and death; life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
Life and death are the two faces of the same coin
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.