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JLPT BANDN5 BEGINNER → N1 ADVANCED

生せい死し

N1
せいし seishi
  1. life and death
noun

Chinese meanings

生死

Examples

  • その戦たたかいは生せい死しを賭かけた戦たたかいのようであった。
    That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
    那场战斗好像是一场生死之战。
  • それはいわば生せい死しの問もん題だいだ。
    It is, as it were, a life and death problem.
    那可以说是生死问题。
Use this entry in code
import { getVocabById } from 'kotowa';
getVocabById('4ddbf879b9'); // 生死
{
  "id": "4ddbf879b9",
  "word": "生死",
  "reading": "せいし",
  "romaji": "seishi",
  "meanings": [
    "life and death"
  ],
  "level": "N1",
  "pos": [
    "n"
  ],
  "jmdict_id": 1379060,
  "examples": [
    {
      "ja": "その戦いは生死を賭けた戦いのようであった。",
      "furigana": "その{戦|たたか}いは{生死|せいし}を{賭|か}けた{戦|たたか}いのようであった。",
      "en": "That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.",
      "tatoeba_id": 208485
    },
    {
      "ja": "それはいわば生死の問題だ。",
      "furigana": "それはいわば{生死|せいし}の{問題|もんだい}だ。",
      "en": "It is, as it were, a life and death problem.",
      "tatoeba_id": 205535
    }
  ],
  "zh": {
    "source_hash": "3df37f9faa3a0dfb83ae6837bca8c4049971d8bcb2c720d27dd53193185ef72e",
    "meanings": [
      "生死"
    ],
    "examples": [
      {
        "ja": "その戦いは生死を賭けた戦いのようであった。",
        "zh": "那场战斗好像是一场生死之战。"
      },
      {
        "ja": "それはいわば生死の問題だ。",
        "zh": "那可以说是生死问题。"
      }
    ],
    "references": [
      "upstream vocab/n1/4ddbf879b9",
      "JMdict ent_seq 1379060; checked against downloaded JMdict_e.gz on 2026-10-28",
      "Original Chinese authored and reviewed by Codex; no independent human review"
    ],
    "review_hash": "f0e6ae47de18ff60149e35a40fdc044c4886326e884f5a06daa4f5f36bd14afc",
    "status": "reviewed",
    "reviewer": "Codex",
    "review_method": "ai",
    "reviewed_at": "2026-10-28"
  }
}