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What does Noun でして mean?

The でして is actually 2 separate things. It is the particle で and する in the て form The で can be seen as meaning "by means of" or "with". Where the して is a more firm / direct version ...
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Understanding してでも in 「みずからの精神や命を犠牲にしてでも...」

~してでも in isolation literally means "even by/with ~ing". The te-form describes the method, such as in ナイフを使って紙を切る or 歩いて学校に行く. Importantly, this pattern is rather strictly limited to the ...
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The use of the expresssion 首の皮一枚繋がっている + で particle

ばれてないことで is literally "with the fact that it hasn't come out", but it can be simply interpreted as "since it hasn't come out yet" here. This 首の皮一枚繋がっている is used in a positive sense;...
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