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    3. 急逝

    急逝

    急きゅう逝せい

    sudden death

    KMT10News #39+1Ref L2Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab19 strokes

    きゅうせい

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    sudden death, unexpected death
    formal or literary term

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    彼かれの急きゅう逝せいは皆みなに衝しょう撃げきを与あたえた。

    His sudden death shocked everyone.

    KMT8Medicine & HealthEmotions & Psychology
    著ちょ名めいな作さっ家かの急きゅう逝せいが報ほうじられた。

    The sudden death of a famous author was reported.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthLiterature
    彼かれの急きゅう逝せいにより、プロジェクトは一いち時じ中ちゅう断だんを余よ儀ぎなくされた。

    Due to his sudden death, the project was forced to be temporarily suspended.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthWork & Career
    心しん臓ぞう発ほっ作さによる急きゅう逝せいだったと診しん断さつされた。

    It was diagnosed as a sudden death due to a heart attack.

    KMT10Medicine & Health
    彼かれの急きゅう逝せいは、家か族ぞくにとってあまりにも突とつ然ぜんの悲ひ劇げきだった。

    His sudden death was too sudden a tragedy for his family.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthFamily & RelationshipsEmotions & Psychology

    Kanji that make up this word

    急
    いそ.ぐ・いそ.ぎ・せ.く…(1)
    hurry・emergency・sudden・steep
    逝
    ゆ.く・い.く…(1)
    departed・die
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