死活問題

Japanese

Kanji in this term

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

Noun

()(かつ)(もん)(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, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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