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死亡 (しぼう) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

死し亡ぼう

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ぼ

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Common wordJLPTN3Freq.FrequencyTop 2,000

Meanings

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noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

death; dying; mortality

Formal or official term for death, often used in news reports, statistics, and legal contexts. Can be used as a noun or with する to mean 'to die'.

事じ故こで3人にんが死し亡ぼうした。
Three people died in the accident.
死し亡ぼう届とどけを役やく所

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に

提てい

出しゅつ

する

。

Submit a death notification to the government office.

Kanji

死death, die
亡deceased, the late, dying

Similar words

死しぬ
The common, everyday verb for 'to die'. 死亡 is more formal and often used in official or statistical contexts.
死し去きょ
Also a formal term for death, but often used in obituaries or respectful announcements, whereas 死亡 is more clinical and factual.

Etymology

Compound of 死 (death) and 亡 (perish, die). The exact historical derivation is uncertain, but the combination has been used in formal Chinese and Japanese to denote death.