► 名詞
存亡 [そんぼう] meaning: exist rank: 4
☆ 国の存亡を賭けた戦い ⇨ A battle the existence of the country hinges on
存亡 [そんぼう] [存亡の機] meaning: exist rank: 4
☆ 国は存亡の機にある ⇨ The country is on the verge of demise (☛ Literally “exist or die”. Even though the original and correct idiom is 存亡の機, an erroneous 存亡の危機 is commonly used as the same meaning today)
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