Word Meaning 尊厳死

そんげんし songenshi

尊厳死 is read as そんげんし (songenshi) and means death with dignity.

Meaning

English

  1. death with dignity
  2. natural death (as opposed to extending one's life unnaturally with life support)

Reading

Kana

そんげんし

Romaji

songenshi

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 35 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Grade 6 Kanken 5級 Rank 78536 Priority M

Related Vocabulary

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尊厳

そんげん

dignity

尊称

そんしょう

honorific title

尊属

そんぞく

direct ancestors

尊王討幕

そんのうとうばく

reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate

尊属殺人

そんぞくさつじん

parricide

尊影

せいえい

portrait

餓死

がし

(death from) starvation

即死

そくし

instant death

過失致死

かしつちし

involuntary manslaughter

致死

ちし

lethal

壊死

えし

necrosis

仮死

かし

(state of) apparent death