死活問題

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term

Grade: 3
かつ
Grade: 2
もん
Grade: 3
だい
Grade: 3
on’yomi

Etymology[edit]

Compound of 死活 (shikatsu, life or death) +‎ 問題 (mondai, problem, matter)

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Tokyo) かつもんだい [shìkátsúmóꜜǹdàì] (Nakadaka – [4])[1]
  • IPA(key): [ɕika̠t͡sɨᵝmõ̞nda̠i]

Noun[edit]

()(かつ)(もん)(だい) (shikatsumondai

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

References[edit]

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