Word Meaning 死を迎える

しをむかえる shi o mukaeru

死を迎える is read as しをむかえる (shi o mukaeru) and means to approach (one's) death.

Meaning

English

  1. to approach (one's) death
  2. to face (one's) death

Reading

Kana

しをむかえる

Romaji

shi o mukaeru

Stroke Sequence

5 Characters • 19 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 4級 Rank 117798 Priority S

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

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

死に変わる

しにかわる

to die and be reborn as something else

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

死亡

しぼう

death

死産

しざん

stillbirth

死球

しきゅう

pitch that hits the batter

死因

しいん

cause of death

死活

しかつ

life and death