Word Meaning 生と死

せいとし sei to shi

生と死 is read as せいとし (sei to shi) and means life and death.

Meaning

English

life and death

Reading

Kana

せいとし

Romaji

sei to shi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 13 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 85869 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

生死

しょうじ

death

生死

いきしに

life and death

生き身は死身

いきみはしにみ

all that lives must eventually die

生死の境

せいしのさかい

between life and death

生死に関わる問題

せいしにかかわるもんだい

matter of life and death

生死一如

せいしいちにょ

life and death are the two faces of the same coin

生死流転

しょうじるてん

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

生死観

せいしかん

one's opinion on life and death

生ある者は必ず死あり

せいあるものはかならずしあり

no mortal escapes death

流転生死

るてんしょうじ

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth

死生

しせい

life and death

十死一生

じっしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaws of death

Example Sentences

ソクラテスの生と死が賢人の生と死だというなら、イエスの生と死は神の生と死である。

If the life and death of Socrates was the life and death of a wise man, then the life and death of Jesus is the life and death of a God.