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生死

Readings

Kana: せいし、しょうし、しょうじ
Romaji: seishi, shōshi, shōji
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Definitions

1

life and death

2

samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)

(Buddhist term)
3

death

Kanji

Readings: セイ、 ショウ、 い.きる、 い.かす、 い.ける、 う.まれる、 うま.れる、 う.まれ、 うまれ、 う.む、 お.う、 は.える、 は.やす、 き、 なま、 なま-、 な.る、 な.す、 む.す、 -う
Meanings: life, genuine, birth
Readings: シ、 し.ぬ、 し.に-
Meanings: death, die

Example Sentences

(かれ)生死(せいし)(さかい)をさ(まよ)った。
➥He hovered between life and death.
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その(たたか)いは生死(せいし)()けた(たたか)いのようであった。
➥That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
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それはいわば生死(せいし)問題(もんだい)だ。
➥It is, as it were, a life and death problem.
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(かれ)自分(じぶん)生死(せいし)をかけて、おぼれかけた少年(しょうねん)(すく)った。
➥He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.
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