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    3. 焼身自殺

    焼身自殺

    焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつ

    self-immolation

    KMT9News #25+1Noun, Participle, Verb, IntransitiveEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab35 strokes

    しょうしんじさつ

    Noun, Participle, Verb, Intransitive

    1.
    self-immolation, burning oneself to death, suicide by fire

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    彼かれは焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつを図はかった。

    He attempted self-immolation.

    KMT8Emotions & PsychologyCore Concepts
    その抗こう議ぎ者しゃは、政せい府ふへの不ふ満まんを示しめすために焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつを選えらんだ。

    The protester chose self-immolation to express dissatisfaction with the government.

    KMT9Emotions & PsychologyPolitics & Law
    絶ぜつ望ぼう的てきな状じょう況きょうが、彼かれを焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつへと追おい込こんだ。

    Desperate circumstances drove him to self-immolation.

    KMT9Emotions & Psychology
    報ほう道どうによると、その僧そう侶りょは平へい和わを訴うったえるために焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつを行おこなった。

    According to reports, the monk committed self-immolation to advocate for peace.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyPolitics & LawEmotions & Psychology
    歴れき史し上じょう、焼しょう身しん自じ殺さつは政せい治じ的てきまたは宗しゅう教きょう的てきな抗こう議ぎの究きゅう極きょくの形かたちとして記き録ろくされている。

    Historically, self-immolation has been recorded as the ultimate form of political or religious protest.

    KMT10Emotions & PsychologyHistoryReligion & Philosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    焼
    や.く・や.き・や.き-・-や.き・や.ける…(3)
    bake・burning
    身
    み…(1)
    somebody・person・one's station in life
    自
    みずか.ら・おの.ずから・おの.ずと…(3)
    oneself
    殺
    ころ.す・-ごろ.し・そ.ぐ・あや.める…(3)
    kill・murder・butcher・slice off・split…(3)
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