Word Meaning 孤独死

こどくし kodokushi

孤独死 is read as こどくし (kodokushi) and means dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing).

Meaning

English

  1. dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing)
  2. solitary death

Reading

Kana

こどくし

Romaji

kodokushi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 24 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 3級 Rank 75591 Priority L

Related Vocabulary

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孤立死

こりつし

dying alone (esp. of someone who lives alone and dies of natural causes at home without anyone knowing)

孤独

こどく

solitude

孤独感

こどくかん

sense of isolation

百年の孤独

ひゃくねんのこどく

One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967 novel by Gabriel García Márquez)

天涯孤独

てんがいこどく

a person without a single relative

鰥寡孤独

かんかこどく

with no one upon whom to depend

孤立

こりつ

isolation

孤児

こじ

orphan

孤島

ことう

solitary island

孤児院

こじいん

orphanage

孤高

ここう

aloof

孤軍奮闘

こぐんふんとう

fighting alone