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Death


Meaning

Death

Word Type

noun, suffix

Explanation

The kanji and the word are exactly the same. That means they share meanings as well.


Reading

Explanation

This has the same reading as the kanji you learned, meaning you know the reading!


Context

Patterns of Use

Common Word Combinations

  • 死をとげる

    to finish one's life

    死をむかえる

    to meet one's death

    死をかなしむ

    to grieve a death

  • 自分の死

    my death, one's own death

    ペットの死

    death of a pet

    人の死

    death of a person

  • 死の谷

    Death Valley (place name)

    死のかなしみ

    the sorrow of death

    死の直前

    just before death

Context Sentences

その死は早すぎました。

Their death was too soon.

どうして死がこわくないの?

Why are you not afraid of death?

まだペットの死から立ち直れません。

I still can't get over my pet's death.


Kanji Composition