Word Meaning 後追い心中

あとおいしんじゅう atooishinjuu

後追い心中 is read as あとおいしんじゅう (atooishinjuu) and means suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover.

Meaning

English

  1. suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover
  2. following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

Reading

Kana

あとおいしんじゅう

Romaji

atooishinjuu

Writing Variants

  • 後追い心中 あとおいしんぢゅう atooishinjiyuu
  • 跡追い心中 あとおいしんじゅう atooishinjuu
  • 跡追い心中 あとおいしんぢゅう atooishinjiyuu

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 28 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 53786 Priority I

Related Vocabulary

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後追い

あとおい

trailing

後を追う

あとをおう

to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)

後追い自殺

あとおいじさつ

following someone's example, and committing suicide

心中

しんじゅう

double suicide

心中

しんちゅう

one's heart

無理心中

むりしんじゅう

forced double suicide

中心部

ちゅうしんぶ

central part

背中を追う

せなかをおう

to follow in someone's footsteps

中心

ちゅうしん

-centered

人間中心主義

にんげんちゅうしんしゅぎ

anthropocentrism

国連中心主義

こくれんちゅうしんしゅぎ

policy of alignment with the United Nations

自民族中心主義

じみんぞくちゅうしんしゅぎ

ethnocentrism