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生せい死し
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Meanings
Noun
1. life and death; life or death
Other readings
生しょう死じ生しょう死し
Kanji used
生life死death
Pitch accent
せいし
Used in vocabulary
生せい死し一いち如にょ
life and death are the two faces of the same coin
Expression
生せい死し観かん
one's view of life and death; attitude toward living and dying
Noun
生せい死し不ふ明めい
not knowing whether someone is dead or alive; of unknown fate; missing
Noun
Examples4
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
It is, as it were, a life and death problem.
He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.
He hovered between life and death.