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): [ɕika̠t͡sɨᵝmõ̞nda̠i]

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. 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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