jmdict 1310770 Active (id#2346350)
死活 [news1,nf18]
しかつ [news1,nf18]
  1. [n,adj-no]
    • life and death
    • life or death
  2. [n] {go (game)}
    • life and death (of a group of stones)
History:
    • A 2025-08-11 22:46:56 Jim Breen (id#2346350)
    • A* 2025-08-09 19:54:40 Adrian Grana Nunes (id#2346193)
    • Comments
      life and death in go refers to if a group can stay without getting captured unconditionally (life) or will be captured unconditionally (death) and talking about this is called life and death or 死活 in Japanese, so in a sense it's the same as its original meaning but in go it specificaly refers to group of stones
    • Refs
      https://www.godictionary.net/term/shikatsu.html
      https://senseis.xmp.net/?LifeAndDeath
    • Diff
      @@ -19,0 +20,5 @@
      +<sense>
      +<pos>&n;</pos>
      +<field>&go;</field>
      +<gloss>life and death (of a group of stones)</gloss>
      +</sense>
    • A 2016-03-16 08:54:38 Rene Malenfant
    • Comments
      i don't see a need to specify.  not vs
    • Diff
      @@ -16 +15,0 @@
      -<pos>&vs;</pos>
      @@ -18 +17 @@
      -<gloss>life and death (e.g. in Go)</gloss>
      +<gloss>life and death</gloss>
    • A* 2016-03-14 23:18:42 Scott
    • Refs
      wiki
    • Diff
      @@ -18 +18,2 @@
      -<gloss>life and-or death</gloss>
      +<gloss>life and death (e.g. in Go)</gloss>
      +<gloss>life or death</gloss>
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