Word Meaning 万死一生

ばんしいっしょう banshiisshou

万死一生 is read as ばんしいっしょう (banshiisshou) and means advancing in the face of death.

Meaning

English

advancing in the face of death
having a narrow escape from the jaw of death

Reading

Kana

ばんしいっしょう

Romaji

banshiisshou

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 15 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Yojijukugo ✓ Rank 89040 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

十死一生

じっしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaws of death

九死一生

きゅうしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaw of death

九死に一生

きゅうしにいっしょう

narrow escape from death

九死に一生を得る

きゅうしにいっしょうをえる

to have a narrow escape from death

生死一如

せいしいちにょ

life and death are the two faces of the same coin

万分の一

まんぶんのいち

one ten-thousandth

万死

ばんし

certain death

死生

しせい

life and death

死生

しにいき

death

万一

ばんいち

(if) by some chance

万が一

まんがいち

(unlikely event of) emergency

万国規格統一協会

ばんこくきかくとういつきょうかい

International Federation of National Standardization (pn)