Word Meaning 他界

たかい takai

他界 is read as たかい (takai) and means death.

Meaning

English

  1. death
  2. the next world
  3. to pass away
  4. to die

Reading

Kana

たかい

Romaji

takai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 14 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 21911 Priority D

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

他世界

たせかい

other worlds

他人

ひと

unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)

他方

たほう

on the other hand

他殺

たさつ

murder

他国

たこく

another province

other (esp. people and abstract matters)

他面

ためん

on the other hand

他社

たしゃ

another company

ほか

beyond (one's expectations, imagination, etc.)

他に

ほかに

else

他者

たしゃ

another person

他意

たい

other intention

Example Sentences

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My father died at the age of forty-nine.

My grandfather died five years ago.

My grandmother passed away at the age of 86.

Tom passed away three years ago.

My grandfather on my mother's side passed away ten years ago.

A year after saying those words, she succumbed to the illness she had been fighting.

Both of Tom's parents passed away when he was quite young.