せいさつよだつ

生殺与奪

N3Noun

Noun

(having) life-and-death power (over)

Example Sentences

あのボスに俺(おれ)たちの生殺与奪の権を握られているとはね。悲しくなっちゃうよ。

I get depressed thinking that a guy like our boss can have ultimate power over us.

life, genuine, birth

セイ / い.きる

kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil

サツ / ころ.す

bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend

ヨ / あた.える

rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp

ダツ / うば.う