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])
• 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