Word Meaning 生死

いきしに ikishini

生死 is read as いきしに (ikishini) and means life and death.

Meaning

English

  1. life and death
  2. life or death

Reading

Kana

いきしに

Romaji

ikishini

Writing Variants

  • 生き死に いきしに ikishi ni

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 11 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N4 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Synonyms 生き死に,死活,死生,死命 Rank 84726 Priority N

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

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

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