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    3. 万死一生

    万死一生

    万ばん死し一いっ生しょう

    advancing in the face of death

    NTNounCulture & TraditionsKanji Vocab15 strokes

    ばんしいっしょう

    Noun

    1.
    advancing in the face of death, having a narrow escape from the jaw of death
    yojijukugo

    Stroke 0 / 15

    Speed1.0x

    Kanji that make up this word

    万
    よろず…(5)
    ten thousand・10,000
    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
    一
    ひと-・ひと.つ…(13)
    one・one radical (no.1)
    生
    い.きる・い.かす・い.ける・う.まれる・うま.れる・う.まれ…(39)
    life・genuine・birth
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