せい
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
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.