ししゃ
Meanings
Noun
1. dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
Three people died in that accident.
Pitch accent
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Composed of
death; (an) out; death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation; most severe of the five ritsuryō punishments)
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to cause casualties; to result in deaths
person killed in action; the war dead
Examples (15 in total)
Music cannot reach the dead.
Three people died in that accident.
Muslims bury their dead in graves.
Only the dead have seen the end of war.
I have to live up to the wishes of the dead.
In all, the dead numbered more than thirty.
No passengers were killed in the accident.
We prayed to appease the spirits of the dead.
As a result of a traffic accident, several persons were killed.
Tom says that he is able to communicate with the dead.
Let's not do anything like digging up the graves of the dead.
In this horror movie, it is possible for the dead to come back to life.
The death toll from the hurricane climbed to 200.
There were three deaths in the car crash.
The toll from the accident was 5 persons dead and 100 persons injured.