生死
N1せいし seishi
- life and death
noun
Chinese meanings
生死
Examples
- その戦いは生死を賭けた戦いのようであった。That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.那场战斗好像是一场生死之战。
- それはいわば生死の問題だ。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"
}
}