十じっ死し一いっ生しょう

noun

narrow escape from death; cheating death

Describes a situation where someone barely survives a life-threatening danger. Often used in dramatic or literary contexts.

• 彼かれは交こう通つう事じ故こから十じっ死し一いっ生しょうで助たすかった。

  He narrowly escaped death in the traffic accident.

noun

life-threatening danger; barely a chance of survival

Refers to a state where death is almost certain; the danger itself rather than the escape. Less common than sense 1.

• その探たん検けんは十じっ死し一いっ生しょうの危き険けんを伴ともなう。

  The expedition involves life-threatening danger.