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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
- —死出虫carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
- —乾死ぬto starve to death
- —ガン死dying of cancer
- —がん死dying of cancer
- —飢死に(death from) starvation; starving to death
- —死ぬ程to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
- —死に絵death portrait; shini-e; ukiyo-e print depicting someone in their final moments
- —死合いfight to the death; mortal combat; deathmatch
- —斬り死にfighting to the death (with swords)
- —相対死にdouble suicide
- —恋い死にdying of love
- —ムダ死にdying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
- —野垂死にdying by the roadside; dying a dog's death
- —死亡届けreport of death; notification of a death
- —死にどきtime to die
- —死に装束burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide
- —死に損いperson who has escaped death; failed suicide; person who has outlived their time; dotard; doddering old man
- —死にざまmanner of death
- —死にぎわone's last moments; (on) the point of death; (on) one's deathbed
- —死屍累累heaps of corpses all around