Word Meaning 九死に一生を得る

きゅうしにいっしょうをえる kyuushi ni isshou o eru

九死に一生を得る is read as きゅうしにいっしょうをえる (kyuushi ni isshou o eru) and means to have a narrow escape from death.

Meaning

English

to have a narrow escape from death

Reading

Kana

きゅうしにいっしょうをえる

Romaji

kyuushi ni isshou o eru

Stroke Sequence

8 Characters • 32 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 5 Kanken 6級 Synonyms 一命を取り留める,命拾いする,事なきを得る,事無きを得る,助かる Proverb ✓ Rank 54576 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

生死一如

せいしいちにょ

life and death are the two faces of the same coin

十死一生

じっしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaws of death

九死

きゅうし

narrowly averting death

九浅一深

きゅうせんいっしん

nine shallow, one deep (ancient Chinese sexual technique)

九牛一毛

きゅうぎゅうのいちもう

small fraction (of)

九一

くっぴん

scoring combination of a 9 and a 1 in oicho-kabu

九生

きゅうせい

nine lives (of a cat)

九仞の功を一簣に虧く

きゅうじんのこうをいっきにかく

to fail one step short of great success

死一等を減ずる

しいっとうをげんずる

to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment

一一九番

ひゃくじゅうきゅうばん

119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)

Example Sentences

トムは昨年の夏、九死に一生を得る経験をした。

Tom had a near death experience last summer.