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鴻毛泰山


鸿毛泰山

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hóng máo tài shān
    hong2 mao2 tai4 shan1
hung mao t`ai shan
    hung mao tai shan
lit. light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); fig. of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another

鴻毛泰岱


鸿毛泰岱

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hóng máo tài dài
    hong2 mao2 tai4 dai4
hung mao t`ai tai
    hung mao tai tai
light as a goose feather, heavy as Mt Tai (idiom); of no consequence to one person, a matter of life or death to another

デスマッチ

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 desumacchi
    デスマッチ
fight to the finish (wasei: death match); desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle

五趣生死輪


五趣生死轮

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wǔ qù shēng sǐ lún
    wu3 qu4 sheng1 si3 lun2
wu ch`ü sheng ssu lun
    wu chü sheng ssu lun
 goshu shōji rin
A series of pictures to show the course of life and death, ascribed in the Sarvāstivāda Vinaya 34 to the Buddha.

命に係わる

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 inochinikakawaru
    いのちにかかわる
(exp,v5r) to be a matter of life or death

命に関わる

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 inochinikakawaru
    いのちにかかわる
(exp,v5r) to be a matter of life or death

存亡の危機

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 sonbounokiki / sonbonokiki
    そんぼうのきき
(exp,n) existential threat; life-or-death crisis

死亡保険金

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 shibouhokenkin / shibohokenkin
    しぼうほけんきん
death benefit; life insurance payout

Variations:


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 tsui
    つい
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (1) end; final; (noun - becomes adjective with の) (2) end of life; death; (adverb) (3) (See 終ぞ) never; not at all

離生喜樂地


离生喜乐地

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lí shēng xǐ lè dì
    li2 sheng1 xi3 le4 di4
li sheng hsi le ti
 rishō kiraku chi
The first dhyāna heaven, where is experienced the joy of leaving the evils of life.

骨を埋める

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 honeouzumeru / honeozumeru
    ほねをうずめる
(exp,v1) to die in (a foreign land); to engage in something until death comes; to do something for the rest of one's life

デス・マッチ

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 desu macchi
    デス・マッチ
fight to the finish (wasei: death match); desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle

命にかかわる

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 inochinikakawaru
    いのちにかかわる
(exp,v5r) to be a matter of life or death

天寿を全うする

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 tenjuomattousuru / tenjuomattosuru
    てんじゅをまっとうする
(exp,vs-i) (idiom) to die a natural death (at an advanced age); to live out one's allotted span of life

好死不如賴活著


好死不如赖活着

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hǎo sǐ bù rú lài huó zhe
    hao3 si3 bu4 ru2 lai4 huo2 zhe5
hao ssu pu ju lai huo che
better a bad life than a good death (idiom)

死一等を減ずる

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 shiittouogenzuru / shittoogenzuru
    しいっとうをげんずる
(exp,vz) to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment

不是魚死就是網破


不是鱼死就是网破

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bù shì yú sǐ jiù shì wǎng pò
    bu4 shi4 yu2 si3 jiu4 shi4 wang3 po4
pu shih yü ssu chiu shih wang p`o
    pu shih yü ssu chiu shih wang po
lit. either the fish dies or the net gets torn (idiom); fig. it's a life-and-death struggle; it's either him or me

Variations:
巷(P)

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 chimata
    ちまた
(1) the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) street; district; quarters; (3) location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) (orig. meaning) fork (in a road); crossroads

生死に関わる問題

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 seishinikakawarumondai / seshinikakawarumondai
    せいしにかかわるもんだい
(exp,n) a matter of life and death

人は死して名を留む

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 hitohashishitenaotodomu
    ひとはししてなをとどむ
(expression) (proverb) he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it

生於憂患,死於安樂


生于忧患,死于安乐

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shēng yú yōu huàn , sǐ yú ān lè
    sheng1 yu2 you1 huan4 , si3 yu2 an1 le4
sheng yü yu huan , ssu yü an le
to thrive in calamity and perish in soft living (idiom); life springs from sorrow and calamity, death comes from ease and pleasure

生死にかかわる問題

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 seishinikakawarumondai / seshinikakawarumondai
    せいしにかかわるもんだい
(exp,n) a matter of life and death

Variations:
終焉(P)
終えん

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 shuuen / shuen
    しゅうえん
(1) end (of life); death; demise; (2) (peacefully) spending one's final years

今日あって明日ない身

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 kyouatteasunaimi / kyoatteasunaimi
    きょうあってあすないみ
(expression) (1) (idiom) life is transient; life is uncertain; memento mori; (expression) (2) (idiom) one's time (of death) is nigh; one's days are numbered

Variations:
迎える(P)
邀える

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 mukaeru
    むかえる
(transitive verb) (1) to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; (transitive verb) (2) to call for; to summon; to invite; (transitive verb) (3) to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife); (transitive verb) (4) to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)

Variations:
死に生き
死生(io)

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 shiniiki / shiniki
    しにいき
(1) (archaism) (See 生死・せいし・1,生き死に・いきしに) death and life; death or life; (2) (archaism) death

Variations:
生き死に
生死(io)

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 ikishini
    いきしに
(See 生死・せいし・1) life and death; life or death

Variations:
デスマッチ
デス・マッチ

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 desumacchi; desu macchi
    デスマッチ; デス・マッチ
(1) {prowres} death match; deathmatch; (2) fight to the finish (wasei: death match); desperate struggle; life-and-death struggle

Variations:
終焉(P)
終えん(sK)

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 shuuen / shuen
    しゅうえん
(n,vs,vi) (1) end (of life); death; demise; (n,vs,vi) (2) (peacefully) spending one's final years

Variations:
迎える(P)
邀える(rK)

see styles
 mukaeru
    むかえる
(transitive verb) (1) to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to greet; to salute; to hail; (transitive verb) (2) to call for; to summon; to invite; (transitive verb) (3) to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to take (e.g. a wife); (transitive verb) (4) to reach (a certain time, a point in one's life, etc.); to enter (a new phase, new era, etc.); to approach (e.g. death)

Variations:
終わり(P)
終り
終(io)

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 owari
    おわり
(1) end; ending; close; conclusion; (2) end of (one's) life; death

Variations:
取り留める
取留める
取りとめる

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 toritomeru
    とりとめる
(transitive verb) (1) (See 一命を取り留める) to narrowly escape (e.g. death); to hang onto (life); (transitive verb) (2) (archaism) to ascertain; to make definite

Variations:
巷(P)
岐(oK)
衢(oK)

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 chimata
    ちまた
(1) the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); (2) street; district; quarters; (3) location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage); (4) divide (e.g. between life and death); (5) (orig. meaning) fork (in a road); crossroads

Variations:
命にかかわる
命に係わる
命に関わる

see styles
 inochinikakawaru
    いのちにかかわる
(exp,v5r) to be a matter of life or death

Variations:
生死に関わる問題
生死にかかわる問題

see styles
 seishinikakawarumondai / seshinikakawarumondai
    せいしにかかわるもんだい
(exp,n) matter of life and death

虎は死して皮を留め人は死して名を残す

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 torahashishitekawaotodomehitohashishitenaonokosu
    とらはししてかわをとどめひとはししてなをのこす
(exp,v5s) (proverb) he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name

Variations:
命がけ(P)
命懸け(P)
命掛け(iK)

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 inochigake
    いのちがけ
(noun - becomes adjective with の) (See 命をかける) putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

Variations:
生ある者は必ず死あり
生有る者は必ず死有り

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 seiarumonohakanarazushiari / searumonohakanarazushiari
    せいあるものはかならずしあり
(expression) (proverb) no mortal escapes death; all men must die; he who has life, certainly has death

Variations:
添い遂げる
添遂げる(sK)
添いとげる(sK)

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 soitogeru
    そいとげる
(v1,vi) (1) to remain married for life; to live as a married couple until death; (v1,vi) (2) to succeed in marrying

Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.

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