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    3. 九死

    九死

    九きゅう死し

    narrowly averting death

    KMT9News #37+1NounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab8 strokes

    きゅうし

    Noun

    1.
    narrowly averting death

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    彼かれは九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょうを得えた。

    He narrowly escaped death.

    KMT7Medicine & HealthDaily Life
    事じ故こから九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょうを得えた彼かれは、人じん生せい観かんが大おおきく変かわったと語かたった。

    Having narrowly escaped death from the accident, he said his outlook on life had changed significantly.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    絶ぜつ望ぼう的てきな状じょう況きょうの中なか、九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょうを得えるような奇き跡せきが起おこることを皆みんなが願ねがっていた。

    In a desperate situation, everyone hoped for a miracle that would allow them to narrowly escape death.

    KMT9Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    医い師したちの懸けん命めいな治ち療りょうにより、患かん者じゃは九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょうを得えた。

    Thanks to the doctors' dedicated treatment, the patient narrowly escaped death.

    KMT9Medicine & Health
    山やまでの遭そう難なんから九きゅう死しに一いっ生しょうを得えた経けい験けんは、彼かれにとって忘わすれられないものとなった。

    The experience of narrowly escaping death after being stranded in the mountains became unforgettable for him.

    KMT9Daily LifeNature & Environment

    Kanji that make up this word

    九
    ここの・ここの.つ…(6)
    nine
    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
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