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死 kanji
death, die
- JLPT level
- N4 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 6
- School grade
- Grade 3 (elementary school)
On readings
シ
Kun readings
しぬしに-
Words with 死
LevelWord & meaningActions
- —六死八生six die but eight live
- —出離生死entering nirvana; attaining enlightenment; leaving samsara
- —他殺死体murder victim; body of a murder victim
- —死体損壊mutilation of a corpse; damaging a dead body
- —死体検案postmortem examination
- —異状死体body of a person who died an abnormal death; unnatural death corpse; body dead from unnatural causes
- —生死不明not knowing whether someone is dead or alive; of unknown fate; missing
- —死を賭すto risk one's life; to do at the risk of death
- —死せる魂Dead Souls (novel by Gogol); Myortvye dushi
- —死恐怖症fear of death; thanatophobia
- —惨殺死体mutilated corpse; mangled body
- —強盗致死robbery resulting in death
- —九死に一生narrow escape from death
- —死亡診断書death certificate
- —乳児死亡率infant mortality
- —野垂れ死にdying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
- —焦がれ死にpining away; dying from love
- —過失致死罪involuntary manslaughter; accidental homicide
- —死体置き場morgue
- —死に物狂いdesperation; struggle to the death