the power of life or deathとは 意味・読み方・使い方

He died not long after the death of the second consort of the Emperor, Sonshi, there were rumors that his death was from a curse of monks who were promised, by the Emperor, to be given the head priest position of the Tendai sect of Buddhism which came to nothing, or that it was due to the supernatural power of the Cloistered Emperor Gotoba gained from a pious life.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

その崩御が中宮竴子の死から間もない時期だったため、かつて天皇から天台座主の地位を約束されたものの反故にされた僧の怨霊の祟りだとか、後鳥羽法皇の生霊のなせる怪異であるなどと噂されたといわれる。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

While bushi could easily kill his servant, the power to decide life and death of servants and kenzoku (disciples or followers of Buddha) was not limited to bushi at that time.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

簡単に家人を殺すのは武士ならではであっても、しかしその家人・眷属に対する生殺与奪の絶対的権力は当時では武士に限った話しではない。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス