Word Meaning 死線

しせん shisen

死線 is read as しせん (shisen) and means deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross).

Meaning

English

deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
borderline between life and death
verge of death

Reading

Kana

しせん

Romaji

shisen

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 21 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 19749 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

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死角

しかく

blind spot (e.g. of a driver)

死の灰

しのはい

lethal radioactive fallout

死に身

しにみ

at the risk of one's life

死人担ぎ

しびとかつぎ

carrying a casket

死の谷

しのたに

valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)

死産児

しざんじ

stillborn baby

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

死重的損失

しじゅうてきそんしつ

deadweight loss

死蔵

しぞう

hoarding

死なば諸共

しなばもろとも

die all together

死児

しじ

dead child

死後硬直

しごこうちょく

rigor mortis

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