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生死 (せいし): life and death — Japanese vocabulary

生死 is read せいし and means "life and death". JLPT N1 word with pitch accent and an example sentence.

生死

Reading
せいし · seishi
Translation
life and death
Level
JLPT N1
Pitch accent
せいしが

Example

それはいわば生死の問題だ。

それはいわばせいしのもんだいだ。

It is, as it were, a life and death problem.

Kanji in this word

  • 生 — life, birth
  • 死 — Death, Die

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