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[せい()·()]
seishi
noun

Alternate Written Forms:

[しょう()·()]
shoushi
[しょう()·()]
shouji

English Meaning(s) for 生死

noun
  1. life and death
  2. samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)
  3. death

Meanings for each kanji in 生死

» life; genuine; birth
» death; die

Stroke Order Diagrams for 生死

Sample Sentences for 生死

It is a matter of life or death.
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
He hovered between life and death.
He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.
It is, as it were, a life and death problem.

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