し
Meanings
Noun
Suffix
1. death
He acted as if he weren't afraid of death.
Noun
Baseball
2. (an) out
3. death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
Alt. forms
Pitch accent
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Used in vocabulary (214 in total)
cause of death
death in battle
(nearly certain) death; extremely dangerous place (or situation) from which one might not return alive; proper place to die; dilemma; predicament
unnatural death; accidental death; violent death
to be dead; to be lifeless
life and death
brain death
dying while traveling; dying while abroad
(on the) verge of death
immortality; eternal life; undeath; undead
death from disease; death from illness
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
after death
karōshi; death from overwork
death by drowning
certain death
death in agony
life and death; life or death; life and death (of a group of stones)
bereavement; separation by death; loss
dying of cuteness; dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter
at the risk of one's life; even if (I) die; even if it kills one (me, him, etc.); at all costs; no matter what; as long as I live
death due to shock (triggered by blood loss, heart failure or other causes)
sudden death; unexpected death; (game-ending) blunder
once a fool, always a fool; (lit.) idiots will only be cured when they die
Star of Death (nickname for Alcor)
the four inevitables in human life (birth, aging, sickness, and death)
dying of cancer
dying in vain
waning moon
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
death; dying; mortality
corpse; dead person
(dead) body; corpse; carcass; remains
instant death
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
spirit of a dead person; ghost; departed soul; vengeful spirit (spawned from a dead person's hate); vindictive soul (of a deceased person)
life and death; life or death
life and death; life or death; samsara (cycle of death and rebirth); death
death penalty; capital punishment
to prepare for death; to get ready to die
casualties; the killed and wounded
capital crime; crime resulting in a death penalty
borderline between life and death; verge of death; deadline (boundary around a prison which prisoners were not allowed to cross)
accidental death
extinction; annihilation; destruction
to commit suicide; to end one's life; (lit.) to choose death
demon of death
fear of death
to approach (one's) death; to face (one's) death
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
time of death; one's final hour; one's end
putrid smell of a corpse
death by suffocation; death by choking
dead flesh; carrion
sudden death
death from explosion; death from bombing; bombing (in sales); flopping
suicide; apoptosis
apostle of death (in fiction)
look of death (in one's face); shadow of death; face of a dead person
to let die
euthanasia
dying from blood loss; bleeding to death; hemorrhaging to death
fatal disease
all one's strength; desperate effort; (lit.) strength one has when ready to die
falling to one's death; death from a fall
dead language; extinct language; obsolete word; dated word; word that has become passé
death from prostration; death from emaciation
half-dead
mysterious death
hoarding; storing away (without using)
fight to the death; mortal combat; deathmatch
stillbirth
as good as dead; might as well be dead; more dead than alive
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
unnatural death; violent death
sudden death; unexpected death
postmortem lividity; livor mortis; death spot
(dying of) natural causes
(you) couldn't kill (him) if you tried
(death by) electrocution
ptomaine poisoning
corpse
death (and entering the hereafter)
death by falling
undetermined manner of death; suspicious death
deathbed
dead city; ghost town
die all together; go to the grave together
merchant of death; arms dealer
adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture); grave wax
execution; death by execution
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
deadly disease; fatal disease; final illness
life and death
life and death
large number of deaths; massive fatalities
dying in a lost battle; falling in a lost cause
death in jail; death in prison
death by being run over
fatal situation
death from poisoning
dying of cuteness; dying from seeing something that makes one's heart go pitter-patter
death march
bleeding to death
fate; life or death
lovers' suicide; double suicide
necrophilia; necrophilism
dance of death; danse macabre
the underworld; world after death; blind spot; place not in the field of vision; dead space
feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death
death during surgery; intra-operative death; operational death
valley of death (barrier between product development and commercialization stages)
once a fool, always a fool; (lit.) idiots will only be cured when they die
dead thing; useless item
place of death; place to die
dying while traveling; dying while abroad
lethal radioactive fallout; atomic dust
extinct volcano
death with dignity; natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)
death mask
falling dead; perishing; dying
dying of old age
death of God
two out; two down (and one to go)
dying in prison
heat death (i.e. of the universe)
cardiac death
Dead Souls (novel by Gogol); Myortvye dushi
place of execution
fear of death; thanatophobia
direct death; death directly caused by an accident, disease, etc.
pitch that hits the batter
dying insane
dead child; stillborn child
dead point
end (of a family bloodline); dying
death
death by (child) abuse; (child) abuse resulting in death
inevitability of death (one of the four kinds of suffering); death pains; agony of death
to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment
narrowly averting death
once you're dead, that's it
vote for a losing candidate; wasted vote
unnatural death
when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; (lit.) when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
The Death of Socrates
no outs
crying over spilt milk; (lit.) counting the age of one's dead child
dead letter; meaningless writing
weakening pulse; exhausted (mining) vein
the instant of death
accidental death (esp. while climbing mountains or being shipwrecked)
A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)
three outs
death by strangulation; ligature strangulation
home death; dying at home
death from assault; death resulting from a violent act
cell death
related death; death indirectly caused (by an accident, disease, etc.)
becoming a dead letter; becoming meaningless (of a statute, law, etc.)
dead axle
dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing); solitary death
death from infection
dead; departed
racking up unmanageably large mobile data costs; bill shock; (lit.) death by packet; being subjected to download speed restrictions (as a result of exceeding one's monthly mobile data allowance)
dead weight; dead load; static load
give me liberty, or give me death
high birth rate and high mortality rate
The Death of Virgil
burning to death
duty ends only in death
once you're dead, that's it
once you're dead, that's it
killed vaccine
no mortal escapes death; all men must die; (lit.) he who has life, certainly has death
death by physical trauma; violent death; exogenous death; death by an external cause
interphase death
death by hanging
group of death (tournament group containing several strong teams)
apoptosis
wrongful death; death caused by violent crime
old soldiers never die; they just fade away
birth is the beginning of death
birth is the beginning of death
death from natural causes
people have sympathy for kindred in distress; (lit.) (when) the fox dies, the rabbit cries
to let die; to kill
low birth rate and low mortality rate
dead water
stillbirth; being born dead; neonatal death
there is death in the hane
dead fetus
signs of death
Death of a Salesman (1949 play by Arthur Miller)
The Death of Marat
Danton's Death
The Death of Sardanapalus
Dead Parrot sketch
Highway of Death
Death of Adolf Hitler
Death of Kurt Cobain
The Death of Cleopatra
dying in a fit of anger; fainting
Examples (75 in total)
I'm afraid of death.
I had a premonition of my own death.
Death is certain to come to everybody.