Word Meaning 死線を越える

しせんをこえる shisen o koeru

死線を越える is read as しせんをこえる (shisen o koeru) and means to be out of danger.

Meaning

English

  1. to be out of danger

Reading

Kana

しせんをこえる

Romaji

shisen o koeru

Stroke Sequence

6 Characters • 39 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N2 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 101554 Priority P

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死線

しせん

deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)

一線を越える

いっせんをこえる

to cross the line

追越車線

おいこししゃせん

passing lane

上越新幹線

じょうえつしんかんせん

Jōetsu Shinkansen

磐越西線

ばんえつさいせん

Ban'etsu West Line

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

死中に活を求める

しちゅうにかつをもとめる

to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation

死に水を取る

しにみずをとる

to wet the lips of a dying person

死に至る

しにいたる

to result in death

死に至らしめる

しにいたらしめる

to cause someone's death

死に変る

しにかわる

to die and be reborn as something else