Used in contexts such as survival skills, survival games, or surviving extreme conditions. Often appears in compounds like サバイバルゲーム (survival game) or サバイバルナイフ (survival knife).
He is knowledgeable about survival techniques.
We enjoyed a survival game over the weekend.
They ended up having to survive on a deserted island.
I have experience living a survival lifestyle in the mountains.
They succeeded in surviving under harsh conditions.