生殺与奪

せいさつよだつ

Common word

noun

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

生	life, genuine, birth
殺	kill, murder, butcher, slice off, split, diminish, reduce, spoil
与	bestow, participate in, give, award, impart, provide, cause, gift, godsend
奪	rob, take by force, snatch away, dispossess, plunder, usurp