死活問題
Japanese
Kanji in this term | |||
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死 | 活 | 問 | 題 |
し Grade: 3 | かつ Grade: 2 | もん Grade: 3 | だい Grade: 3 |
on’yomi |
Etymology
Compound of 死活 (shikatsu, “life or death”) + 問題 (mondai, “problem, matter”)
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) しかつもんだい [shìkátsúmóꜜǹdàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
- IPA(key): [ɕika̠t͡sɨᵝmõ̞nda̠i]
Noun
死活問題 • (shikatsumondai)
- matter of life or death
- (idiomatic) an extremely urgent matter
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN