Meaning
生死 (せいし, seishi) is a JLPT N1 noun meaning “life and death”.
Kanji in this word
Example sentences 9
これは人の生死にかかわる問題です。
This is a matter of life and death.
彼は生死の境をさ迷った。
He hovered between life and death.
彼は生死の境をさまよった
He hovered between life and death.
それはいわば生死の問題だ。
It is, as it were, a life and death problem.
それは生死にかかわる問題だ.
It is a matter of life and death.
これ以後の生死は明らかでない。
It is unknown whether he is alive or dead after this.
その戦いは生死を賭けた戦いのようであった。
That fight seemed like a life-or-death struggle.
それを知るか知らぬかが生死を分ける[生死の別れ目となる]だろう.
Knowing [Whether you know] that or not could spell the difference between life and death.
彼は自分の生死をかけて、おぼれかけた少年を救った。
He saved the drowning boy at the risk of his own life.