Moto 死: Death; DieKanji meaning, readings, and the words that use it
- On'yomi
- シ
- Kun'yomi
- し(ぬ)、し(に-)
- Level
- JLPT N4Jōyō, grade 3
- Words
- 538 in the dictionary
Words that use the on'yomi (シ)
- 死しdeath; decease
- 死者ししゃdead person; (the) deceased
- 脳死のうしbrain death
- 二死にしtwo out; two down (and one to go)
- 死亡しぼうdeath; mortality
- 必死ひっしfrantic; frenetic
- 死刑しけいdeath penalty; capital punishment
- 死去しきょdeath
- 死体したいdead body; corpse
- 死後しごafter death
- 無死むしno outs
- 死因しいんcause of death
- 死傷者ししょうしゃcasualties; killed and wounded
- 死亡率しぼうりつdeath rate; mortality rate
- 死球しきゅうpitch that hits the batter
- 安楽死あんらくしeuthanasia
- 過失致死かしつちしinvoluntary manslaughter; accidental homicide
- 焼死しょうしdeath by fire
- 四死球ししきゅうbases on balls and pitches striking the batsmen
- 死亡者しぼうしゃthe deceased; deaths
- 死刑囚しけいしゅうcriminal condemned to death; convict on death row
- 水死すいしdeath by drowning
- 生死せいしlife and death
- 死活しかつlife and death; life or death
- 戦死せんしdeath in battle
- 病死びょうしdeath from disease; death from illness
- 致死ちしlethal; fatal
- 起死回生きしかいせいrevival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation
- 餓死がし(death from) starvation; starving to death
- 急死きゅうしsudden death
- 死に体しにたいlosing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover
- 不死ふしimmortality; eternal life
- 不死身ふじみinvulnerability; immortality
- 不死鳥ふしちょうphoenix
- 九死きゅうしnarrowly averting death
- 仮死かし(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
- 凍死とうしdeath from cold; freezing to death
- 即死そくしinstant death
- 圧死あっしcrushing to death
- 壊死えしnecrosis
- 変死へんしunnatural death; accidental death
- 必死になってひっしになってdesperately; for one's dear life
- 憤死ふんしdying in a fit of anger or indignation
- 枯死こしwithering; dying
- 死に物狂いしにものぐるいdesperation; struggle to the death
- 死ぬしぬto die; to pass away
- 死の灰しのはいlethal radioactive fallout; atomic dust
- 死人しにんcorpse; dead person
- 死傷ししょうcasualties; injuries and deaths
- 死別しべつbereavement
- 死力しりょくdesperate effort
- 死守ししゅdefending to the last; desperate defence
- 死期しきtime of death; one's final hour
- 死没しぼつdeath
- 死海しかいDead Sea
- 死滅しめつextinction; annihilation
- 死生しせいlife and death
- 死産しざんstillbirth
- 死票しひょうvote for a losing candidate; wasted vote
- 死線しせんborderline between life and death; verge of death
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