生死 (Seishi) is a Japanese noun meaning “life and death, life or death, samsara (cycle of death and rebirth), death”.
Meanings
- nounlife and death; life or death
- nounsamsara (cycle of death and rebirth)
- noundeath
Examples
彼は生死の境をさ迷った。
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.
Sentences from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR).