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    3. 死

    死

    死し

    death

    N1KMT1News #1+1NounMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab6 strokes

    し

    Noun

    1.
    death
    2.
    (an) out
    baseball
    3.
    death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
    historical term

    Stroke 0 / 6

    Speed1.0x

    死しは避さけられない。

    Death is unavoidable.

    KMT1Core ConceptsReligion & Philosophy
    彼かれの死しは悲かなしい出で来き事ごとでした。

    His death was a sad event.

    KMT1Emotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships
    生せいと死しは隣となり合あわせだ。

    Life and death are side by side.

    KMT3Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    多おおくの兵へい士しが戦せん争そうで死しにました。

    Many soldiers died in the war.

    KMT3HistoryMilitary
    病びょう気きによる死しを防ふせぐ研けん究きゅうが進すすんでいます。

    Research to prevent death from illness is progressing.

    KMT4Medicine & HealthScience & Math

    Kanji that make up this word

    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
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