生死

せいし しょうし しょうじ

samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)

死生

しせい

life and death

生死観

せいしかん

one's opinion on life and death, life-and-death issue (e.g. in religion)

死生観

しせいかん

one's opinion on (life and) death

死生学

しせーがく

thanatology

十死一生

じっしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaws of death

酔生夢死

すいせいむし

idling one's life away

生死の境

せいしのさかい

between life and death

生き死に

いきしに

life and-or death

九死一生

きゅうしいっしょう

narrow escape from the jaw of death

生死輪廻

せいしりんね

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth, the circle of transmigration

生死流転

しょうじるてん

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth, the circle of transmigration

死物寄生

しぶつきせい

saprophagy

生老病死

しょうろうびょうし

birth, illness, old age and death

起死回生

きしかいせい

revival of the dead, recovering from a hopeless situation, resuscitation

生死一如

せいしいちにょ

Life and death are the two faces of the same coin

生病老死

せいびょうろうし

birth, illness, old age and death

死生不知

ししょうふち

daredevil, reckless, thinking nothing of one's death

流転生死

るてんしょうじ

all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth, the circle of transmigration