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    3. 死ぬ

    死ぬ

    死しぬ​

    to die

    N5KMT10News #46+1CoreVerb, IntransitiveMedicine & HealthKanji Vocab8 strokes

    しぬタヒぬ

    Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    to die, to pass away
    2.
    to lose spirit, to lose vigor, to look dead
    3.
    to cease, to stop

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    祖そ父ふは去きょ年ねん死しんだ。

    My grandfather died last year.

    KMT5Family & RelationshipsDaily Life
    彼かれは病びょう気きで若わかくして死しんでしまった。

    He died young from an illness.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthFamily & Relationships
    彼かれの夢ゆめは、故こ郷きょうの土つちに死 ぬまで絵えを描かき続つづけることだった。

    His dream was to continue painting in his hometown until he died.

    KMT10Art & DesignEmotions & Psychology
    医い療りょうの進しん歩ぽにより、かつては死しに至いたる病やまいも治ち療りょう可か能のうになった。

    Thanks to advances in medicine, diseases that once led to death are now treatable.

    KMT10Medicine & HealthScience & Math
    多おおくの人ひと々びとが、愛あいするペットが死しんで悲かなしみに暮くれた。

    Many people were overcome with sadness when their beloved pets died.

    KMT10AnimalsEmotions & PsychologyFamily & Relationships

    Characters that make up this word

    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
    Kanji
    ぬ
    nu
    Kana
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