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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:
4. A 2025-08-11 22:46:56  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
3. A* 2025-08-09 19:54:40  Adrian Grana Nunes <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
https://www.godictionary.net/term/shikatsu.html
https://senseis.xmp.net/?LifeAndDeath
  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
  Diff:
@@ -19,0 +20,5 @@
+<sense>
+<pos>&n;</pos>
+<field>&go;</field>
+<gloss>life and death (of a group of stones)</gloss>
+</sense>
2. A 2016-03-16 08:54:38  Rene Malenfant <...address hidden...>
  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>
1. 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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