Japanese

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Kanji in this term

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

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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()(かつ)(もん)(だい) (shikatsumondai

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

References

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