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    3. 死活

    死活

    死し活かつ

    life and death

    KMT7News #18+1Noun, ParticleEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab15 strokes

    しかつ

    Noun, Particle

    1.
    life and death, life or death

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    これは死し活かつ問もん題だいだ。

    This is a matter of life and death.

    KMT6Emotions & PsychologyDaily Life
    その交こう渉しょうは会かい社しゃの死し活かつに関かかわる重じゅう要ようなものだった。

    That negotiation was crucial, affecting the company's very existence (life or death).

    KMT7Business & FinanceEmotions & Psychology
    彼かれの決けつ断だんは、チームの死し活かつを左さ右ゆうするものでした。

    His decision determined the fate (life or death) of the team.

    KMT7Emotions & PsychologyWork & Career
    食しょく料りょうの安あん定てい供きょう給きゅうは、国こっ家かの死し活かつを握にぎる重じゅう要ような要よう素そだ。

    A stable food supply is a crucial factor that holds the life and death of a nation.

    KMT7Politics & LawFood & DiningEmotions & Psychology
    この地ち域いきの環かん境きょう問もん題だいは、住じゅう民みんの死し活かつに直ちょっ結けつする深しん刻こくな課か題だいです。

    The environmental issues in this region are serious problems directly linked to the residents' lives and deaths.

    KMT8Nature & EnvironmentPolitics & LawEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
    活
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける…(1)
    lively・resuscitation・being helped・living
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