死活問題

Japanese

Kanji in this term
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): [ɕika̠t͡sɨmõ̞nda̠i]

Noun

死(し)活(かつ)問(もん)題(だい) • (shikatsumondai) 

  1. matter of life or death
  2. (idiomatic) an extremely urgent matter

References

  1. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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