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九きゅう死し
Meanings
Noun
1. narrowly averting death
Kanji used
九
nine
死
death
Pitch accent
きゅ
うし
Used in: 11
Composed of
nine; 9
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Used in vocabulary (2 in total)
narrow escape from death
narrow escape from the jaw of death