Word Meaning 死する

しする shisuru

死する is read as しする (shisuru) and means to die.

Meaning

English

  1. to die

Reading

Kana

しする

Romaji

shisuru

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 9 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

死一等を減ずる

しいっとうをげんずる

to commute a death sentence to life imprisonment

死中に活を求める

しちゅうにかつをもとめる

to search for a way out of a potentially fatal situation

死に水を取る

しにみずをとる

to wet the lips of a dying person

死に至る

しにいたる

to result in death

死に至らしめる

しにいたらしめる

to cause someone's death

死に変る

しにかわる

to die and be reborn as something else

死に追いやる

しにおいやる

to drive to death (e.g. by suicide)

死人

しにん

corpse

死ぬ

しぬ

to cease

死体

したい

dead body

死者

ししゃ

dead person

Example Sentences

8

We could freeze to death.

He was almost drowned.

We were nearly frozen to death.

I might as well drown as starve.

It being awfully cold, the party were almost frozen to death.

I would sooner starve than betray him.

You're not going to get electrocuted just by directly touching a 1.5V battery.

Many old people choke to death while eating mochi.