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    3. 死語

    死語

    死し語ご

    dead language

    KMT8News #26+1Ref L2NounLiteratureKanji Vocab20 strokes

    しご

    Noun

    1.
    dead language, extinct language
    2.
    obsolete word, dated word, word that has become passé

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    ラテン語ごは死し語ごだ。

    Latin is a dead language.

    KMT6LiteratureEducation
    この言こと葉ばは今いまではほとんど使つかわれず、死し語ごになりつつある。

    This word is hardly used now and is becoming obsolete.

    KMT8LiteratureDaily Life
    古こ典てん文ぶん学がくを読よむと、現げん代だいでは死し語ごとなった美うつくしい言こと葉ばに出で会あうことがある。

    When reading classical literature, you sometimes encounter beautiful words that have become obsolete in modern times.

    KMT8LiteratureHistory
    専せん門もん家かによると、世せ界かいの多おおくの言げん語ごが死し語ごになる危き機きに瀕ひんしている。

    According to experts, many languages in the world are on the verge of becoming dead languages.

    KMT8EducationHistory
    インターネットスラングの中なかには、流りゅう行こうが過すぎるとすぐに死し語ごとなるものも多おおい。

    Many internet slang words quickly become obsolete once their trend passes.

    KMT9Internet & Social MediaLiterature

    Kanji that make up this word

    死
    し.ぬ・し.に-…(1)
    death・die
    語
    かた.る・かた.らう…(1)
    word・speech・language
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