万ばん死し

noun

certain death; many deaths

Literary or formal term for a situation where death is almost certain, or for a great number of deaths. Often used in set phrases like 万死に一生を得る (barely escape death).

• 万ばん死しを覚かく悟ごで戦せん場じょうに赴おもむいた。

  He went to the battlefield prepared for certain death.

• 万ばん死しに一いっ生しょうを得えた思おもいだ。

  I feel like I barely escaped death.